La Huelga de 50,000 Trabajadores (The Strike of 50,000 Workers)
ca. 1955
Alberto Beltrán
Mexican, 1923-2002
Contemporary Art
The Taller de Gráfica Popular (or the People’s Print Workshop) was established in 1937 in Mexico City by artists Raúl Anguiano (1915–2006), Luis Arenal (1908–1985), Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1969), and Pablo O’Higgins (1904–1983) and was open to applicants from all social classes and backgrounds. Elizabeth Catlett and Charles White, two U.S.-based artists featured in this exhibition, made use of the workshop in the 1940s.
The stated purpose of the workshop was to disseminate affordable prints with messages of political empowerment by giving artists the tools to create graphic images. These images have been used to educate the rural working class about the political and cultural gains of the Mexican Revolution, the power of solidarity across causes, and rallying antiimperialist, anti-fascist, and prolabor sentiment, among many other issues.
The stated purpose of the workshop was to disseminate affordable prints with messages of political empowerment by giving artists the tools to create graphic images. These images have been used to educate the rural working class about the political and cultural gains of the Mexican Revolution, the power of solidarity across causes, and rallying antiimperialist, anti-fascist, and prolabor sentiment, among many other issues.
- Maker/Artist
- Beltrán, Alberto
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- Relief print
- Dimensions
- 8 11/16 x 13 1/4 in. (22.1 x 33.7 cm)
- Departments
- Contemporary Art
- Accession Number
- 2003.41.24
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Richard J. Kempe
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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