War

Date1944

Maker Emilio Amero Born Ixtlahuaca, Mexico, 1901; died Norman, Oklahoma, 1976

Label TextEmilio Amero was a member of the Mexican muralist movement before becoming involved in lithography. In 1940, Aero moved to Seattle, where he taught at the University of Washington and later served as Director of Cornish College of the Arts. A few years later, he accepted a position teaching painting at the University of Oklahoma. Amero's work, like that of such muralists as Diego Rivera, typically showed the struggles and oppression of the working class. Amero, however, usually presents some glimmer of hope, shown in the upwrd-turned faces of his figures.

Object number44.84

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistoryUniversity of Oklahoma, one-person exhibition, 1946. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Print As Social Comment, December 10, 1981 - January 4, 1982. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Arte Grafica, Mexican Prints and Photographs, July 14, 1994 - October 9, 1994. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Art of Protest, April 27, 2000 - January 21, 2001. Eugene, Oregon, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Nuestra imagen actual: Mexico and the Graphic Arts 1925-1950, October 3, 2020 - February 14, 2021.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

DimensionsImage h.: 11 7/8 in. Image w.: 9 7/8 in. Sheet h.: 19 in. Sheet w.: 15 1/4 in. Overall h.: 23 1/8 in. Overall w.: 19 3/4 in.

MediumLithograph