MEXICAN Mural Study ~ JEAN CHARLOT ~ 1930s Original Drawing SIGNED PENCIL

Description: A terrific social realist image from French/Mexican/American painter and muralist Jean Charlot (1898-1979). This looks to be a study for a part of a larger project, it is a graphite drawing depicting a pair of abstracted figures intent on moving an element of the work they are constructing. The common man at work is a recurring theme in the imagery of Charlot. The drawing is hand signed in pencil in the lower right, measures 11 x 8 1/2 inches and is drawn on watermarked "Semper Verum" laid paper. The sheet has toned evenly to a light wheat color and has some tack holes at the corners, otherwise it is in excellent condition. Jean Charlot (1898-1979) was a French-born American muralist, painter, and book illustrator known for monumental frescos that show the influence of Mayan and Aztec art. Charlot, whose mother was of Mexican descent, moved to Mexico City in 1920. There he painted fresco murals for the Mexican government with artists such as Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. From 1926 to 1929 Charlot was the staff artist for a Carnegie Institute archaeological expedition in the Yucatán. Moving to the United States in 1929, he taught at many schools including; the Art Students League in New York City, the University of Georgia, and the University of Hawaii. Charlot’s fascination with Mesoamerican art is evident in his bold use of color and in his reduction of living figures into such elemental geometric shapes as circles, cubes, and cylinders. His works often deal with mythical and religious themes. Of more than 40 murals by Charlot, most notable are his frescoes. In Mexico City he painted Fall of Tenochtitlán (1922) at the National Preparatory School and two panels, The Washerwomen and The Pack Carriers (1923), at the Ministry of Education Building. Frescoes at the University of Georgia include a three-panel work on the arts (1941–42) and two panels at the Commerce-Journalism Building. During the Great Depression, Charlot worked for the WPA Federal Arts Project and painted murals in New York City. Charlot also painted on canvas, sculpted, wrote about art, and illustrated many books for adults and children. Of the books he authored, The Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan (1931; with E.H. and A.A. Morris) and Mexican Mural Renaissance, 1920–1925 (1963) address the major influences on his art. Works by Jean Charlot are included in the permanent collections of the the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the British Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Portland Art Museum, to name just a few.

Price: 495 USD

Location: Brooksville, Florida

End Time: 2024-09-18T00:36:29.000Z

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