Public art, Meyer Schapiro and Mexican muralism

Author

Azuela, Alicia

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Oxford art journal. 1994, Num. 1, Vol. 17, 55-59

ISSN

0142-6540

Abstract (en)

Examines Schapiro's role in the meeting between the American Artists' Congress and the Mexican artists from the League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists, New York, 1936; notes American interest in Mexican muralism as a model for public art at a time when the Mexicans were rejecting Rivera and repudiating many of their most important achievements. Analyzes Schapiro's defense of Mexican muralism and his endorsement of the viability of public art in the United States under the New Deal, expressed in his review of Portrait of Mexico, by Rivera and Bertram D. Wolfe (New York, 1937).

Subject (en)

• General works -- Historians and critics
• Schapiro, Meyer, b.1904
• Mural painting
• Mexico
• Politics
• Public art
• United States
• Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
• Writings
• Artists' writings
• Portrait of Mexico
• American Artists' Congress
• Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios
• Wolfe, Bertram David, 1896-1977
• Criticism

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Historiens et critiques d'art
• Peinture murale
• Mexique
• Politique
• Art public
• Etats-Unis
• Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
• Ecrits
• Ecrits d'artiste
• Portrait of Mexico
• American Artists' Congress
• Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios
• Wolfe, Bertram David, 1896-1977
• Critique

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00347724

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