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The autobiography of one of Mexico's greatest artists.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Presentation
  • 1. Posada Inspires Me. San Carlos. Fabrés.
  • 2. Dr. Atl and Julio Ruelas. Artistic Colonialism. The Revolution in Mexican Painting. Copying Velázquez.
  • 3. Gedovius’ Studios. Rival Exhibitions in 1910. The Artistic Center. The Son of Ahuizote. The Student Strike. Raziel Cabildo.
  • 4. Ramos Martínez. Barbizon in Santa Anita. My Studio on Illescas. My Wartime Exploits. Victoriano Huerta. Gambling Halls and Conscription. The Theatre Maria Tepache.
  • 5. Dr. Atl Returns. Handing Out Money. The House of the World Worker. Orizaba. Storming and Sacking Churches. Red Battalions. The Vanguard.
  • 6. Customs Officers in Laredo, Texas. San Francisco, California. Fernando G. Galván and Company. The League of Nations. Expulsion from Canada.
  • 7. Shocks and Conflicts. Mass Meetings. The Bearded Lady. Costumed Fleas. The Sermon on the Mount Falsified. The Donkey Paints a Picture.
  • 8. The Table Is Set. First Efforts. The Painters, Their Critical Powers. Jean Charlot. European Painting. Artists Today.
  • 9. The Syndicate of Painters and Sculptors. The Manifesto. Socialization of Art. Bourgeois Art and Proletarian Art. Rectifications.
  • 10. The History of Mexico. Indians, Spaniards, and Mestizos. How the Conquest Should Have Gone.
  • 11. The Machete. The United Group of the Working Class Movement. Asúnsolo and His Stonecutters. Vandalism. Fanfare. Pulque-Shop Painting.
  • 12. My Second Visit to New York. Harlem. The Yiddish Theatre. Naples in New York. Alma Reed and Eva Sikelianos. And Sarojini Naidu. The Untouchables.
  • 13. I Become a Greek. Laurel Wreaths. The Crash. Surrealistic Economy. The Delphic Studios. The Tsar of Russia’s Clock. Pomona and Prometheus. Home, Sweet Home.
  • 14. Painting in the School for Social Research. Dynamic Symmetry. The Secret of Beauty.
  • 15. Raphael’s Cartoons—London, Paris, Italy, and Spain. Dartmouth College.
  • Index

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      Publisher: MU - University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 1/1/1962 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780292766334, 978-0292766334
      ISBN10: 0292766335
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The autobiography of one of Mexico's greatest artists.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • Presentation
      • 1. Posada Inspires Me. San Carlos. Fabrés.
      • 2. Dr. Atl and Julio Ruelas. Artistic Colonialism. The Revolution in Mexican Painting. Copying Velázquez.
      • 3. Gedovius’ Studios. Rival Exhibitions in 1910. The Artistic Center. The Son of Ahuizote. The Student Strike. Raziel Cabildo.
      • 4. Ramos Martínez. Barbizon in Santa Anita. My Studio on Illescas. My Wartime Exploits. Victoriano Huerta. Gambling Halls and Conscription. The Theatre Maria Tepache.
      • 5. Dr. Atl Returns. Handing Out Money. The House of the World Worker. Orizaba. Storming and Sacking Churches. Red Battalions. The Vanguard.
      • 6. Customs Officers in Laredo, Texas. San Francisco, California. Fernando G. Galván and Company. The League of Nations. Expulsion from Canada.
      • 7. Shocks and Conflicts. Mass Meetings. The Bearded Lady. Costumed Fleas. The Sermon on the Mount Falsified. The Donkey Paints a Picture.
      • 8. The Table Is Set. First Efforts. The Painters, Their Critical Powers. Jean Charlot. European Painting. Artists Today.
      • 9. The Syndicate of Painters and Sculptors. The Manifesto. Socialization of Art. Bourgeois Art and Proletarian Art. Rectifications.
      • 10. The History of Mexico. Indians, Spaniards, and Mestizos. How the Conquest Should Have Gone.
      • 11. The Machete. The United Group of the Working Class Movement. Asúnsolo and His Stonecutters. Vandalism. Fanfare. Pulque-Shop Painting.
      • 12. My Second Visit to New York. Harlem. The Yiddish Theatre. Naples in New York. Alma Reed and Eva Sikelianos. And Sarojini Naidu. The Untouchables.
      • 13. I Become a Greek. Laurel Wreaths. The Crash. Surrealistic Economy. The Delphic Studios. The Tsar of Russia’s Clock. Pomona and Prometheus. Home, Sweet Home.
      • 14. Painting in the School for Social Research. Dynamic Symmetry. The Secret of Beauty.
      • 15. Raphael’s Cartoons—London, Paris, Italy, and Spain. Dartmouth College.
      • Index

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