Leopoldo Mendez: Revolutionary Art and the Mexican Print (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)
By Deborah Caplow.
Description
Winner, A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic BookLeopoldo Méndez (1902-1969) was one of the most distinguished printmakers of the twentieth century, as well as one of Mexico's most accomplished artists. A politically motivated artist who strongly opposed injustice, fascism, and war, Méndez helped form and actively participated in significant political and artistic groups, including the Estridentistas in the 1920s and the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (LEAR) and the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) in the 1930s. To champion Mexican art and artists, ...
ISBN(s)
0292712502, 9780292712508
