Evening star., 1931-04-05
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ment Of an atmosphere of unity in the ar.
rangement of the exhibits under such circum-
stance is little short of genius
The exhibition is set forth in the second
floor galleries to the north and south OF the
grand stairway, and the atrium walls just
outside of these. To the south are the applied
arts, to the north the fine arts, the paintings
AMI sculpture of artists self-conciouSly en-
deavoring to express the soul Of their civiliza-
ton during the past two decad-s The ap-
piled arts section is the more successful, as 1t
was possible to obtain and transport superb
examples of all these little arts whereas the
outstanding achievements of Mexican artists OF
today have been mural paintings. Rivera,
Orozco and their younger confreres have done
epic things on the walls of the National
Preparatory School, Mexico City; the Se-
Cretariat of Education (Rivera alone), and
other buildings. hint of the nature of
Rivera's murals is offered in portion of one
lent by Dwight W. Morrow, essentially decora-
tive and two-dimensional. Other facets of
RiyoT2's genius are revealed in his telling cap
ture of Mexican little -girlhood the portrait OF
3-year-old Juanita Rosas; in the brilliantly
colorful "Tehuanos" dancers at Tehuantepec)
and a few other easel paintings. Orozco is
represented with seven oil paintings and four
drawings. His colors dark and somber. his
subjects tragic. even Peace" seems to Vbrate
with the "Calm Before the Storm" OF the
more than 20 other painters represented, Julio
C2stelanos arrests ones attention with q
superb figure painting, Two Women and q
Child" One is also attracted to the formal
design of Roberto Montenegro's "Chamula In
6lians," and Maxine Pachecos "The Orphans"
well deserves the commendation it has re-
ceived Pacheco is the youngest of the famous
group of revolutionary artists, but he had
achieved recognition before he was 20, having
assisted Fern1in Revueltas in fresco painting IN
the National Preparatory School, and later was
Rivera's helper for two years. He is now only
about 25 years old.
Included in the group of brilliant little water
colors and gauchoS are works by Miguel Covar%
rubias and Carlos Merida. The former is ais
ready well known in this country as an illustra.
tor. One recalls some studies of Harlem
Negroes by him as the best things yet done in
that class. Merida is Indian descendant
with one Spanish strain) of the Mayans who
made the marvellous monuments of Guatemala
and other districts. Superimposed upon his in-
herltance and boyhood spent in the land Of his
ancestors, was about q decade in Paris under
the influence of Picasso and Modigliani But
the final result was style all Merida's own
The works in sculpture are few but various.
An early stone figure of Saint Augustine" is a
direct descendant of Mayan gods, who be-
queathed him several features notably the eyes.
Eleven contemporary sculptors are represent
eo, with works In a variety of materialS-terra
Gotta, wax, wood, bronze, wrought iron and
stone There are three wood carvings by Mar
donia Magma, small in size but large in sigs
nifcance. One looks at the President of the
Agrarians' and then looks again, uncertain
whether this small fgue is really naive as ap-
pears at first glance, maliciously sophsti-
Gated wicked capture of the stolidity and
oyerpowering self-sufhciency of the abysmalIy
stupid person who finds himself in power
Luis Hidalgo, six of whose little wax sculp-
ture are shown, is well known for caricatures in
this medium, for he has portrayed such famous
persons as Calvin Coolidge, Sinclair Lewis,
Theodore Dresser, Anna Pavlowa, Tito Schipa,
Katherine Cornell and many others, as well as
American types" the flapper, the coed, the
stylish stout" etc. and there have been q
number of exhibitions of these works Hidalgo's
family were for five generations noted for their
wax miniatures His Spanish ancestors did
groups of historical Importance, some of which
are now in the Museum of History and IN the
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