Leopoldo Méndez
Leopoldo Méndez (born June 30, 1902 in Mexico City , † February 8, 1969 in Mexico City) was a Mexican artist. In 1968 he was one of the founding members of the Academia de Artes .
Life
From 1917 to 1920 he learned painting at the Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City and from 1920 to 1922 at the open-air painting school of Santa Anita in Chimalistac . Together with Germán Cueto , Manuel Maples Arce and Fermín Revueltas Sánchez , he founded the artists' association Los Estridentistas . Méndez worked in Mexico City as a set designer and illustrator for various newspapers. From 1926 to 1928 he lived in Jalapa , then again in Mexico City. From 1932 he was head of the fine arts department in the Ministry of Education. He taught drawing at various schools. From 1933 to 1938 he was a member of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists, LEAR). In 1937 Méndez founded together with Alberto Beltrán , Ángel Bracho , Raúl Anguiano and other artists the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Workshop of Folk Graphics, TGP), in which he served as artistic director for a long time. In 1939, a Guggenheim grant enabled him to travel to the USA. In 1946 Méndez received the first prize in the national graphics salon. From 1947 to 1949 he created graphic series for several films. In 1948 he took part as a delegate at the Peace Congress in Warsaw . In 1953, at the Peace Congress in Vienna, he received the International Peace Prize awarded to him and the Taller de Grafica Popular in 1952 . In 1954 Méndez was again awarded the first prize of the national graphics salon. In 1960 he received first prize at the Mexico Biennale . With the photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo he founded the publishing house Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana and published art books.
literature
- Prignitz, Helga: TGP: a graphic artist collective in Mexico from 1937 to 1977. Berlin, 1981 ISBN 3-922005-12-8
- Prignitz-Poda, Helga: 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
- Literature by and about Leopoldo Méndez in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ^ Academia de Artes: Escultura - Leopoldo Méndez
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Méndez, Leopoldo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1969 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |