Here's more artwork by Miguel Covarrubias from the exhibit at Iturbide's Palace...
Covarrubias was commissioned to do a series of map murals for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco which celebrated the completion of the Golden Gate Bridge. These murals were painted on Masonite panels, and the subject of all of them was the Pacific Ocean. They are similar to the map murals of Mexico that he did later in some of Mexico City's museums, the works with which I had always associated the name of Covarrubias.
Two of the original, large-scale murals are on display in the exhibit.
"Flora and Fauna of the Pacific" 1939
"Peoples of the Pacific" 1939
Small reproductions of the other Pacific murals are on display.
"Art Forms of the Pacific Area" 1938
"Economy of the Pacific" 1938
"Native Dwellings of the Pacific Area" 1938
"Native Means of Transportation in the Pacific Area" 1938
Covarrubias also had a deep interest in Mexican archaeology, particularly the Olmec civilization. He did many detailed drawings of pre-Hispanic artifacts.
Studies of figures from Tlatico
Olmec yokes and axes
Olmec head
Covarrubias did illustrations for a book called "The History of the Mexican People" in 1950.
Miguel HIdalgo, the father of Mexican independence
José María Morelos
another hero of the War for Independence
Agustín Iturbide
was proclaimed Emperor shortly after the nation gained its independence.
The colonial mansion where this exhibit is being held was his royal residence during his short reign.
Benito Juárez
Mexico's most revered President
Porfirio Díaz and his advisors
the dictator who was overthrown by the Mexican Revolution
Some portraits of famous contemporaries of Covarrubias
The Prince of Wales
(later Edward VIII of England, the King who abdicated for the woman he loved)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
in 1930, before World War II
Josef Stalin
actress Dolores del Río
artist Frida Kahlo
"Self Portrait" 1946
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