Evocaciones de Jorge González Camarena
By: Jorge Á. González Camarena Barre de Saint-Leu
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ciudad de México, D.F
Language: spa
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9786074145595
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Mexican Mural painting and decoration
Description: Prominent painter, muralist and sculptor Jorge González Camarena (b. Mexico 1908-1980) who is best known for his mural work, as part of the Mexican muralism movement, although his work is distinct from the main names associated with it (Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros). His major works include the mural on the main administration building of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies and a mural created for the Universidad de Concepción in Chile. He also created easel works, one of which, La Patria, was well known in Mexico as it was used on the cover of free textbooks from the 1960s into the 1970s. Recognitions for his work include the Premio Nacional de Arte, membership in the Academia de Artes and the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, grade Commendatore from the Italian government. This book has two aspects: "the first part rescues the written voice, the emotions of the past, the first hand testimonies, the circumstances of greatest impact that the muralist provoked in one of his sons: Jorge Álvaro González Camarena Barre de Saint -Leu [...] The second part refers to what the author collected and included to enrich the reader's experience: testimonies and appreciations of the artistic production of his father, various documents from the personal archive of the painter" (HKB Translation) --Page 13.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Presentación / Enrique Fernandez Fassnachtl; title: El genio y su significado / Maria Teresa Favela Fierro; title: Cuaderno Filial / Jorge Á. González Camarena Barre de Saint-Leu; title: Testimonios; title: El Doctor Atl en mi recuerdo; title: Biptico de la vida; title: Don Quijote en Monterrey; title: México; title: México en el vuelo; title: El triunfo de la cultura; title: Historia de México; title: Xochiquetzal; title: Pesencia de América Latina; title: El guerrillero veterano; title: Venustiano Carranza y la Constitución de 1971; title: Miguel Angel Buonaroti; title: Los Tezcalipocas; title: Retrato de Gabriela; title: Belisario Dominguez; title: Trilogia de Coahuila; title: Malinalli; title: Choque de Caballos; title: La muchacha de diablito; title: Cuentos; title: El congreso; title: La noche del erial.