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Poster for an exhibition of student art from nine open air schools

1929
Not on view
Arising from the government policy to teach Indigenous and working-class children and to encourage a unified national culture, open-air art schools were established in villages and towns around Mexico City in the early 1920s. This striking print advertised an exhibition of art from nine such schools, held at the Ministry of Education in Mexico City. Fernández Ledesma was deeply committed to democratizing education for children. He founded a school and worked for the ministry to promote increased opportunities for the underprivileged.



A principios de la década de 1920, en el marco de la política gubernamental de educar a los niños indígenas y de clase obrera y de fomentar una cultura nacional unificada, se establecieron en localidades y pueblos próximos a Ciudad de México escuelas de arte al aire libre. Esta espectacular estampa anunciaba una exposición de arte de nueve de esas escuelas celebrada en la Secretaría de Educación Pública de Ciudad de México. Fernández Ledesma tenía un firme compromiso con la democratización de la educación infantil. Fundó una escuela y trabajó para la Secretaría con el objetivo de ofrecer más oportunidades de formación a los desfavorecidos.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Poster for an exhibition of student art from nine open air schools
  • Artist: Gabriel Fernández Ledesma (Mexican, Aguascalientes 1900–1983 Mexico City)
  • Publisher: Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, Mexico, D.F.
  • Date: 1929
  • Medium: Woodcut, letterpress in red and black, backed with linen
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 26 9/16 × 18 1/4 in. (67.5 × 46.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Jean Charlot, 1931
  • Object Number: 31.91.15
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Progressive proof 'A' in yellow for 'Skull and Bull', Gabriel Fernández Ledesma Mexican, Lithograph
Progressive proof 'A' in yellow for 'Skull and Bull'
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Large palm tree in front of the coastal town 'Morro de Santa Tierra (Rio de Janeiro)', from the portfolio '15 Grabados en madera' (Madrid 1929), Gabriel Fernández Ledesma Mexican, Woodcut
Large palm tree in front of the coastal town 'Morro de Santa Tierra (Rio de Janeiro)', from the portfolio '15 Grabados en madera' (Madrid 1929)
Gabriel Fernández Ledesma
1924 (published 1929)
Progressive proofs 'A and B and C' in yellow, pink and red for 'Skull and Bull', Gabriel Fernández Ledesma Mexican, Lithograph
Progressive proofs 'A and B and C' in yellow, pink and red for 'Skull and Bull'
Gabriel Fernández Ledesma
ca. 1930
Progressive proof 'E' in green for 'Skull and Bull', Gabriel Fernández Ledesma Mexican, Lithograph
Progressive proof 'E' in green for 'Skull and Bull'
Gabriel Fernández Ledesma
ca. 1930
View of New York, from the portfolio '15 Grabados en madera' (Madrid 1929), Gabriel Fernández Ledesma Mexican, Woodcut
View of New York, from the portfolio '15 Grabados en madera' (Madrid 1929)
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1922 (published 1929)

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