War

1944

Born Ixtlahuaca, Mexico, 1901; died Norman, Oklahoma, 1976

Emilio 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.

Lithograph

Image 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.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

44.84

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryUniversity of Oklahoma, one-person exhibition, 1946 (1946 - 1946)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "The Print As Social Comment", December 10, 1981 - January 4, 1982 (12/10/1981 - 01/04/1982)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Arte Grafica, Mexican Prints and Photographs", July 14, 1994 - October, 1994 (07/14/1994 - 10/09/1994)

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

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