Becoming Pablo Ohiggins

Download or read book Becoming Pablo O'Higgins written by Susan Vogel and published by Pince Nez Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming Pablo O'Higgins tells the intriguing story of how a blond-haired, blue-eyed Presbyterian from Utah became a celebrated Mexican muralist and Chicano artist. Born Paul Higgins in 1904, O'Higgins boldly traveled to Mexico at age 20 and became an assistant to Diego Rivera. He co-founded the world-famous graphic art workshop, the Taller de Grfica Popular. O'Higgins produced more than a dozen murals in Mexico and two in the U.S. (Seattle and Hawaii) and taught at the California Labor School in San Francisco. Upon his death, the Mexican government gave him a state funeral. OHigginss life was as stormy as Mexico's revolutionary politics of the last century. He was a member of the Communist Party and blacklisted by the U.S. during the McCarthy era. Today O'Higgins is an inspiration to artists in the U.S., especially those seeking to produce socially-conscious, community-based art. He is admired not only for his art but for his love of Mexico and his determination to bridge the two countries through art. Book jacket.