The Dolores Olemdo Patino Museum - Lithographs by Pablo O'Higgins

One gallery/room at La Noria is dedicated to the works of Pablo O'Higgins (March 1, 1904 - July 16, 1983), an American-Mexican artist, muralist and illustrator.  He studied at the School of Fine Arts in San Diego before moving to Mexico at the age of 20.   He became  a primary assistant to Diego Rivera and a life long friend and mentor.   Like Rivera, he became an active member of the Mexican Communist party.

The lithographs by O'Higgins are very powerful. 

Many of his themes are the dispossessed, the forgotten, friends, urban and rural workers, of the Mexican countryside and even his wife Maria, appeared in some of his works.

In 1937, O'Higgins became the co-founder along with artists Leopoldo Mendez and Luis Arenal, of the Taller de Grafica Popular (People's Graphic Workshop).  

In 1940, he was the only non-native Mexican artist to have his work included in the seminal "Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art" exhibit organized by the Museum of Modern Art.

I love the somewhat tormented, Agave.

A photo I took of this twisted Agave on the grounds of the Museum.  So reminisce of the lithograph above.

In 1961, he was awarded honorary Mexican Citizenship for his contributions to the national arts and education.

It is a great collection of his lithographs.  


MUSEO DOLORES OLMEDO PATINO
Avenida Mexico 5843
La Noria
Xochimilco 

Tuesday - Sunday
10am - 6pm