Taller de Gráfica Popular collection [graphic]. 1935-1995, bulk 1953-1958.

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Taller de Gráfica Popular collection [graphic]. 1935-1995, bulk 1953-1958.

A collection of nearly 1,000 twentieth century graphic artworks produced by Mexico City's Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP, Popular Graphic Arts Workshop). Works are primarily monochrome relief prints in the form of posters, volantes, and portfolio editions, but also included are illustrations, "calaveras" and "calacas" series booklets, exhibit catalogs, and some working drawings.

947 items (posters, other prints, and drawings) : chiefly relief prints ; various sizes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7245892

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Méndez, Leopoldo, 1902-1969

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Mexican artist. From the description of Homenaje a Posada : linocut, 1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122383986 Méndez was associated with the Centro Productor de Artes Plasticas del Depto. De Bellas Artes (as well as the Taller de Gráfica Popular). From the guide to the Leopoldo Méndez En Nombre de Cristo: han Asesinado mas de 200 Maestros Folio, 1939, (University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research) ...

Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico City, Mexico)

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Mexico's foremost political printshop, the Taller de Gráfica Popular coalesced as an organization in 1937. The TGP collective of established and emerging artists was committed to the use of visual art in the service of social change. From the description of Taller de Gráfica Popular collection [graphic]. 1935-1995, bulk 1953-1958. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 276776948 ...

Morales Praxedis, Leopoldo, 1953-

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Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012

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Elizabeth Catlett (b. Apr. 15, 1915, Washington, DC–d. Apr. 2, 2012, Cuernavaca, Mexico) was the granddaughter of freed slaves and a graduate of Howard University. She studied with artist Lois Mailou Jones and philosopher Alain Locke at Howard and also came to know artists James Herring, James Wells, and art historian James A. Porter. Catlett was a graduate student at the University of Iowa and studied drawing and painting with Grant Wood and sculpture with Harry Edward Stinson. Catlett graduat...

Online Archive of California

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Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957

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Mexican painter and muralist. From the description of Declaration in connection with a watercolor and a drawing sold to Mrs. Schwartz, 1934 March 7, Mexico City. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81939422 Diego Rivera, a renowned Mexican mural painter, was commissioned by Mrs. Samuel Strong in 1935 to paint a portrait of her friend, Kathleen Burke, of Cleveland, Ohio. From the description of Receipt from Diego Rivera, 1935 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Beltran, Alberto (Vocalist)

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Luna, Francisco, 1931-

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García Bustos, Arturo, 1926-

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Mexiac, Adolfo

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Yampolsky, Mariana, 1925-....

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Born in Chicago to a Russian father and German mother, Yampolsky moved to Mexico in 1944 and studied at La Esmeralda school of painting and sculpture in Mexico City. Before taking up photography, Yampolsky worked as an engraver at the Taller de Grafica Popular studio, founded in Mexico in the 1940s by artists who produced for the masses. It was there that she became interested in photography. Her photos often feature the daily life of Mexico's indians. From the description of Prints ...

O'Higgins, Pablo, 1904-1983

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These lithographs were originally cut and printed in 1970. In 1999 a new series was printed by Mark Silverberg; these two sets are numbers 104 of 190 for series I, and 7 of 100 for series II. From the description of Imágenes de Mexico, I & II : lithographs, 1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384067 ...

Bracho, Angelica

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Mora, Francisco, 1922-

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Quinteros, Adolfo, 1928-

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Zalce, Alfredo, 1908-2003

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