Mexico City
During the 20th century, many artists immigrated to Mexico City from different regions of Mexico, such as Leopoldo Mendez, an engraver from Veracruz, who supported the creation of the socialist Taller de la Grafica Popular (Popular Graphics Workshop), designed to help blue-collar workers find a venue to express their art. Other painters came from abroad, such as Catalan painter Remedios Varo and other Spanish and Jewish exiles. It was in the second half of the 20th century that the artistic movement began to drift apart from the Revolutionary theme. Jose Luis Cuevas opted for a modernist style in contrast to the muralist movement associated with social politics.
Who was a famous engraver that migrated to Mexico City?
Leopoldo Mendez
During the 20th century, many artists immigrated to Mexico City from different regions of Mexico, such as Leopoldo Mendez, an engraver from Veracruz, who supported the creation of the socialist Taller de la Grafica Popular (Popular Graphics Workshop), designed to help blue-collar workers find a venue to express their art.
Mexico City