Mexican Painters, 1940

Mexican Painters, 1940

Mexican Painters: Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, Cantu and Other Artists of the Social Realist School

MacKinley Helm is an author.

American writer and collector. Among his books is Mexican school of painting

Definitive introduction to the art and artists of Mexico during great artistic movements of the 20s and 30s. In-depth discussion of major figures—Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros — as well as 40 other artists: Guerrero Galvan, Federico Cantú, Guillermo Meza, Frida Kahlo , Maria Izquierdo , Chavez Morado more. Fascinating insights, political and social movements, historical context, etc. 95 illustrations.

Spring in Spain by MacKinley Helm

Spring in Spain by MacKinley Helm

Spain satnds at the crossroads of history.

Here among hillsides still rise the ancient

Arenas and soaringaqueducts of Rome. Here are the fantastic arabesques of mosque and place, remnants of the Moslem conquests ten centuries later.

MacKinley Helm is not only a writer of great distinction- he is a man who knows the satisfactions of travel and the significance of history.

MacKinley Helm was educated at the Universities of Idaho, Princeton, and Cambridge, England, taking his doctorate at Harvard in 1932. He is the author of many distinguished books among them Angel Mo’ and her Son, Roland Hayes; John Marin; Modern Mexican Painters; and Journeying Through Mexico. He is one of the foremost authorities on Mexican art. His home is in Brookline Massachusetts.

HARCOURT , BANCE AND COMPANY NEW YORKMAC

MacKinley Helm 1953