Isidoro Ocampo
Isidoro Ocampo (born June 20, 1910 in Veracruz , † February 4, 1983 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican artist.
Life
He completed an apprenticeship as a businessman in Mexico City . From 1928 to 1932 he attended evening classes at the Academia de San Carlos . In 1929 he became a member of the Book Art Workshop. In the following years he created more than 200 etchings, woodcuts and lithographs. On behalf of the Ministry of Education, he taught art at various schools. He illustrated books, newspapers and magazines for Imprenta y Editorial Cultura . In 1936 he became a member of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (LEAR). In 1937, alongside Alberto Beltrán , Ángel Bracho , Leopoldo Méndez , Pablo O'Higgins , Raúl Anguiano and other artists, he was a founding member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (workshop of folk graphic artists , TGP). He married Nicolasa Bilboa . His first solo exhibition took place in 1941. Further exhibitions followed. In 1949 Ocampo was involved in founding the Sociedad para el Impulso de las Artes Plásticas . As a representative of the Mexican graphic he took in 1952 at the Biennale in Venice in part.
literature
- Helga Prignitz: TGP: a graphic artist collective in Mexico from 1937–1977 . Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-922005-12-8
- Helga Prignitz-Poda: Taller de Gráfica Popular: Workshop for graphic folk art: posters and leaflets on the labor movement and trade unions in Mexico 1937–1986 . Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-935656-10-6
Web links
- Works by and about Isidoro Ocampo in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ocampo, Isidoro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Veracruz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 1983 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |