Pablo O ' Higgins Lithograph - “Mercado En Cuautla” Artist Signed 1946
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Pablo Esteban O'Higgins (Mexican/American, 1904-1983)Description:Color lithographon paper, Signed "Pablo Higgins" in pencil inthe lower right, edition of 250, published by Associated American Artists (Prignitz, 611; AAA/Czestochowski, 1946.086.12), Name – “Mercado En Cuautla” Condition Notes: Excellent Condition –Never Been FramedDimensions: 11 3/8ʺH× 14 1/4ʺW Image Size 151/8ʺH × 17 3/4ʺW Size Price: $195.00Artist �...�� PabloO'Higgins was born Paul Higgins in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 1, 1904. He studied at the school of Fine Arts in San Diego, California. It wasnot long before he became dissatisfied with the academic techniques employed bytheir art instructors and decided to move to Mexico where he began hispermanent residence in Mexico City in 1924 and by the 1930s had changed hisfirst name to "Pablo". Higgins joined the Communist Party in Mexicoin 1927, and added the "O" to his last name. O'Higgins also spent ayear at the Academy of Art in Moscow on a Soviet Scholarship (1933). Onceagain, unimpressed with the instruction, most of his time was devoted tosketching Soviet workers at the railroad station.O'Higgins first gained a close knowledge of modern Mexican artwhen he was appointed the primary assistant to the great master, Diego Riverawho became his friend and mentor. O'Higgins worked with Rivera for both hisChapingo and Ministry of Education projects. Due to political differences andO'Higgins' desire to create his own works, he left Rivera's tutelage when theChapingo murals were completed.Pablo O'Higgins exhibited in San Francisco at the Art CenterGallery (1925 and 1927) along with Diego Rivera, Jose Clement Orozco, DavidAlfaro Siqueiros and other great Mexican masters. He had a one-man exhibitionin New York at the John Levy Gallery (1931), which included over twenty of hisworks. He also exhibited in Cuba, Spain, Los Angeles and Mexico. It isimperative to mention that his work was included in the first large groupexhibit of Mexican art held in the United States. He was the only non-nativeMexican artist whose work was included in the Modern Art's exhibit "TwentyCenturies of Mexican Art" in New York (1940) and the Mexican Governmenthas awarded him the highest honors in retrospectives of his work at El Palaciode Bellas Artes. It is evident that the influence and dominance of hispolitical art continues with the inclusion of his works in major exhibitions ofLatin American art throughout Mexico, the United States and in Britain. PabloO'Higgins became a Mexican citizen in 1961.Pablo O'Higgins died in Mexico on July 16, 1983.Check out ourstore: https://www.ebay.com/str/geendantreasures100% Guaranteed to be asdescribed. Ask all questions in advance.Please contact us beforepurchasing if you have any questions. All Sales are Final.
