Two Girls Making Rope, 1937 by Leopoldo Mendez (1902-1969)

Two Girls Making Rope, 1937 by Leopoldo Mendez (1902-1969), MexicoLinoleum cut, archival framing21" x 18" framedMint condition Muralist, printmaker, painter, political activist, teacher, administrator, father and husband Leopoldo Mendez was born in Mexico City on June 30, 1902. At age fifteen, Mendez became the youngest student to have enrolled in the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied with Saturnine Herran, Leandro Izaguirre, Ignacio Rosas, German Gedovius, and Francisco de la Torre. Following his graduation, he continued his studies at Escuela de Pintura al Aire Libre (the plein-air Impressionist school founded by Alfredo Ramos Martinez, until 1922. To keep himself financially afloat while creating his art, he designed book jackets, taught drawing and printmaking in elementary and technical schools, and contributed drawings and prints to journals and liberal publications. In 1930, he made his first trip to the United States with a group of friends; while there, he was