Ángel Bracho

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Ángel Bracho (born February 14, 1911 in Mexico City ; † February 1, 2005 there ) was a Mexican painter and graphic artist .

Life

Initially in evening classes, he studied drawing and painting from 1929 at Academia de San Carlos of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). In 1934 he founded the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists, LEAR) with other artists . Between 1936 and 1939 he worked as an art teacher and traveled to different parts of Mexico, including Oaxaca , Sinaloa , Nayarit and Baja California .

In 1937, together with Alberto Beltrán , Leopoldo Méndez , Raúl Anguiano and other artists, he founded the Taller de Gráfica Popular (workshop of folk graphic artists , TGP). From 1952 to 1953 he was director and from 1961 to 1963 president of this association. His works have been exhibited internationally. In 1960 Bracho received the gold medal at the Buenos Aires Biennale . In 1979 his life's work was honored with an exhibition in Michoacán .

literature

  • Helga Prignitz: TGP. A graphic artist collective in Mexico from 1937–1977 . Seitz Verlag, Berlin, 1981, ISBN 3-922005-12-8 .
  • Helga Prignitz-Poda (Ed.): Taller de Gráfica Popular. Folk Graphic Art Workshop; Posters and leaflets on the labor movement and trade unions in Mexico 1937–1986 . Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-935656-10-6 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name at the Ibero-American Institute , October 30 to November 23, 2002).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data
SURNAME Bracho, Angel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2005
Place of death Mexico city