Popular Arts of Mexico 1850-1950

Overview

One hundred years of Mexican popular art, from 1850-1950, have been captured here with over 350 vivid color photographs illustrating over 675 objects. More than thirty-five collectors and dealers opened their doors, revealing their own Mexican popular art treasures. Personal interviews and thorough research provide family trees on the renown artisan families of Lucanos, Olays and Panduros, among others. Additional early black & white photographs, including some market scenes, take the reader to 1920s-30s Mexico.

Popular Arts of Mexico displays the magnificent art pieces of Mexico and guides us through the history, techniques, and artists who produced them. Helpful collecting hints are also provided in each chapter. Chapters include: pottery (Guadalajara), clay figures and banks, Talavera (Puebla), marionettes, straw mosaics, coconut banks, lacquerware, lottery drawings, wax figures, wood panels, sarapes and concludes with rooms and furnishings.

A values reference guide, bibliography and index is also included.

Photography by Richard Loper of Houston, Texas.

(240 pgs., 9 x 12 hardcover)