Name Descriptor: Pacheco, Máximo×

  • Prólogo. Exhibition of Contemporary Mexican Art : Shown in Assembly Hall : January-February, 1935
    Crespo de la Serna, Jorge Juan
    1937
    In the prologue to the catalogue of the 1935 exhibition of contemporary Mexican art, Mexican artist Jorge Juan Crespo de la Serna provides a brief overview of Mexican art from the time of the Mayans until the present. He asserts that Mexican art, [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 823372

  • Frescoes in primary schools
    Mérida, Carlos, 1891-1984
    1937
    This article is one of the few that describes the murals painted in several primary schools in Mexico, thus it allows us to know what it was like before its total or partial destruction. The title of this mural by Pablo O’Higgins was Vida y [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 812711

  • Patrimonio artístico olvidado en las escuelas de educación básica de la SEP en la Ciudad de México
    Manríquez Salazar, Leticia
    1998
    The journalist mentions the bureaucratic maneuvering that allowed the SEP [Ministry of Public Education] to relinquish its position as keeper of the murals painted on the school walls and in 1963, pass the role on to the Centro Nacional de Conservaci [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 787975

  • Las sugestiones de Cardoza
    Cabada, Juan de la
    1936
    In this document Juan de la Cabada responds to Luis Cardoza y Aragón’s criticism of the first art exhibition organized by the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (LEAR) [League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists]. At the same time de [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 779292

  • El edificio de la confederación campesina Emilano Zapata, de Puebla, fue decorado
    1935
    This short document tells us about the mural at the Confederación Campesina [Mexican Peasants Confederation] “Emiliano Zapata” in the city of Puebla. The fine arts department of the SEP [Ministry of Public Education] commissioned the work from [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 775972

  • Concurso permanente de dibujos proletarios
    1925
    Inspired by the native talent of Mexican workers and peasants and their love of the visual arts, El Machete invited these two segments of their audience to be the sole participants in an ongoing drawing contest. The Sindicato de Pintores y Escultores [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 764161

  • Máximo Pacheco : el pintor que aprendió con el Renacimiento
    Molina, Renato
    1928
    The article covers the initial stage of Máximo Pacheco’s career, emphasizing his “childlike sensibility,” “humble attitude,” and his role as Fermín Revueltas’ assistant in the “style of the Renaissance, in his humble work as a laborer [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 753031

  • La pintura en la Secundaria “Calles”
    1934
    This author describes the mural commission for the functionalist education center in Mexico City, with images accompanying his review. He emphasizes the collective nature of the works as well as the paintings’ subjects. The author applauds the [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 752979