LAS ARTES POPULARES EN MÉXICO

Author: Murillo, Gerardo (Dr. Atl, pseudónimo)
Title: LAS ARTES POPULARES EN MÉXICO
Publication: Mexico: Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1980

Description: Softcover. TEXT IN SPANISH. Octavo, 9.2 in. x 6.9 in., pp. 448, [3] (colophon). Illustrated with black and white photographs. Black title and red and blue pottery design to fron; black title to spine. Cardpaper wraps with flaps. Light tideline to covers. Spine crease. Unmarked interior. Light age-toning to pages. Protected in mylar. Good Plus.

Serie Artes y Tradiciones Populares: Numero 1.

Originally published in 1922 as a two-volume set to commemorate the first exposition of Mexican popular arts in Mexico City and Los Angeles, California in celebration of the centennial of the War of Independence from Spain.

Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo) (1875 - 1964) was a Mexican painter and writer that helped establish his nation’s artistic identity following the country’s revolution. Often portraying volcanoes in the Mexican landscape, Murillo sought to achieve a style that conveyed his interest in both indigenous art and modern expression. Born Gerardo Murillo Cornado on October 2, 1875 in Guadalajara, Mexico, he began using the pseudonym Atl (the Aztec word for water) as a young man, to distance himself from his Spanish heritage. He studied in Europe under a scholarship from the government, before returning to Mexico during the revolution in 1916. Murillo became an active member in the muralist movement alongside Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Later, as the head of Mexico’s Department of Archaeological Monuments, he became ever more interested in the native art of his country. Over the decades that followed, Murillo published a number of books on folk art and continued to produce landscape paintings.

Seller ID: 88351

Subject: Art