Pablo O'Higgins

Mexico: Fondo Editorial de la Plastica Mexicana, 1984. AD1 - An ex-library primera edicion hardcover book in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some taped labels, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, some wrinkling, chipping, and crease on the edges, corners and some sides, some scattered scratches, rubbing, fading, and scuffing, light discloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), lightly moisture soiled, some bumped corners and cover edgewear, top to bottom tear and loose hinge on the front endpapers, wrinkling, chipping and some tears on the back endpaper hinge, some scattered wrinkling, crease and scuffing, tanning and light shelf wear.Text in Spanish. 13.5"x10.5", 166 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Pablo Esteban O'Higgins (born Paul Higgins Stevenson) was an American-Mexican artist, muralist and illustrator. Like Rivera, O'Higgins became an active member of the Mexican Communist Party. He immigrated to Mexico permanently in 1924, joined the party in 1927, and maintained his party membership until 1947. His political illustrations for the Daily Worker won him a year's study at the Academy of Art in Moscow on a Soviet Scholarship in 1933. In 1937, O'Higgins was the co-founder, with fellow artists Leopoldo Méndez and Luis Arenal, of the Taller de Gráfica Popular ("People's Graphic Workshop"). The Taller became inspiration to many politically active leftist artists; for example, American expressionist painter Byron Randall went on to found similar artist collectives after becoming an associate member. In May 1940 O'Higgins had the honor of being the only non-native Mexican artist with work included in the seminal "Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art" exhibit organized by the Museum of Modern Art. In 1961 O'Higgins was awarded honorary Mexican citizenship for "his contributions to the national arts and education". One of his murals can be seen at the Abelardo L. Rodriguez Market, Mexico City. His 1945 mural for the Ship Scalers Union Hall in Seattle is installed in Kane Hall at the University of Washington in Seattle. The mural depicts Seattle's Ship Scalers Union's (SSU) history as a strongly anti-racist, anti-discriminatory, and progressive force in social politics. Among O'Higgins' students was the American graphic designer Bob Cato, and artist and muralist Marion Greenwood. . Hardcover. Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library.