Antonio Pujol
Abel Antonio Pujol Jiménez (born April 13, 1913 in Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias , † September 22, 1995 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican painter of muralism .
biography
Pujol was the son of an immigrant and farmer from Andratx named Antonio Pujol Martorell and a Mexican mother. He grew up in an agricultural environment. In 1929 he went to Mexico City and completed his artistic training at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes . In 1933 he became a member of the newly founded Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios . Together with other artists, he painted his first murals on the Mercado Abelardo Rodriguez in the Mexican capital. After participating in the first Pan-American artists' congress against war and fascism ( Primer Congreso Panamericano de Artistas Contra la Guerra y el Fascismo ) in New York City, he stayed in the city for some time in 1936 with David Alfaro Siqueiros , Luis Arenal and the Bolivian Roberto Berdecio and organized there an experimental art workshop. In 1937 he joined the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War . After returning to his home country, he was active in the Taller de Grafica Popular and painted with others on the mural of the Sindicato de Trabajadores Electricistas office building . In 1940 he went to Montevideo , where he met his wife Ada Canabe Nalerio. In 1960 he returned to Mexico. In 1963 his father died.
Works (selection)
- Los alimentos y los problemas del obrero , mural in Mexico City (1934–1935)
- Fray Servando y Javier Mina , graphic
Individual evidence
- ^ Antonio Pujol (English), Graphic Witness.
- ↑ Internet blog entry by son Rafael Pujol Canabe from September 26, 2006.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pujol, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pujol Jiménez, Abel Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1995 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |