As I mentioned in the last post, a large portion of the Treasury Department's art collection is from artists who paid their taxes by donating paintings or sculptures in lieu of monetary payments. Currently, the Treasury Department's art museum is displaying works by the "Founders" of this "Payment in Kind" program. These artists were the first to pay their taxes by donating their artwork between 1957 and 1965.
Here are some of the paintings that were donated by those artists...
"Zapata"
by Adolfo Best Maugard
1954
A portrait of the famous revolutionary Emiliano Zapata
"The Park"
by José Reyes Meza
undated
"The Musicians"
by Lola Cuato
undated
"The Mandate"
by Luis Nishizawa
1955
"Head"
by Agustín Lazo
1940
"Sand Mines"
by Amando Lugo
1957
"The Alameda of Santa María"
by Angelina Beloff
1958
Beloff was the first wife of Diego Rivera.
The ornate bandstand still graces the park in the neighborhood of Santa María la Ribera.
"Against Tyranny"
by Roberto Montenegro
undated
"The Wait"
by Fernando Castro Pacheco
undated
I am familiar with Castro Pacheco because he painted the murals in the government palace in Mérida, Yucatán.
"The Night"
by Guillermo Meza
1958
"Lucila and the Judas Figures"
("Artist's Studio")
by Diego Rivera
1954
The Judas figures are large sculptures made of papier mache that are burned on Holy Saturday.
"Containing the Ice of the Danube River in Bratislava"
by Diego Rivera
undated
This painting was done on one of the artist's trips to the Soviet bloc.
The painting by Diego in his studio was fascinating. A long, long time ago probably in the 1970's I was taken to see his Studio.......very memorable.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if that is the studio that I visited in San Angel (it is now a museum). His studio is connected to Frida's (a separate blue building) by a bridge.
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