Leopoldo Méndez
Mexican · 1902–1969 · Painter, Printmaker
Leopoldo Méndez was one of Mexico's most important graphic artists and one of that country's most important artists from the 20th century. Méndez's work mostly focused on… (Wikipedia)
Record prices
Revolucionarios a caballoMorton Subastas · MX$12,000≈ $718≈ £563≈ €660Sign up to see
Homenaje a José Guadalupe PosadaMorton Subastas · MX$11,000≈ $622≈ £469≈ €545Sign up to see
UntitledSloans & Kenyon · $450≈ £235≈ €339Sign up to see
Leopoldo Méndez’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Leopoldo Méndez was one of Mexico's most important graphic artists and one of that country's most important artists from the 20th century. Méndez's work mostly focused on engraving for illustrations and other print work generally connected to his political and social activism. His most influential work was connected to organizations such as the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios and the Taller de Gráfica Popular creating propaganda related to the ideals of the Mexican Revolution and against the rise of Fascism in the 1930s. Despite his importance in 20th-century artistic and political circles, Méndez was a relatively obscure figure during his lifetime. The reasons for this generally relate to the fact that he believed in working collaboratively and anonymously for the good of society rather than for monetary gain and because the socialist and communist themes of his work fell out of favor with later generations. He has received posthumous recognition with a major biography, and scholarship considers him to be the heir to graphic artist José Guadalupe Posada.
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Also known as Leopoldo Mendez
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