George Meléndez Wright by Rafael López
From the book BRAVO! Poems About Amazing Hispanics [Henry Holt & Co]
Written by Margarita Engle; Illustrations by Rafael López
From the book BRAVO! Poems About Amazing Hispanics [Henry Holt & Co]
Written by Margarita Engle; Illustrations by Rafael López
1990-94 / Oil on canvas / Roughly 96″x72″? / Collection of the artist
c.1698 / Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl (Enconchado)
Unframed: 39”x27 1/2” / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Previous December 9 posts:
December 9~ Animals in Art
Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/9~
1917 / Colored pencils on paper / 22 2/5”x15 1/3”
Andrés Blaisten Collection, University Cultural Center Tlatelolco, Mexico
Saturnino Herran on artnet.com~ http://www.artnet.com/artists/saturnino-herran/
Previous July 9 posts:
Summer~ July 9
David Hockney: Born July 9, 1937
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/9~
1964 / Color intaglio / 15 1/4”x13 3/4” / Edition of 40
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2000 / Mixed media / 15 3/4”x9”x10 1/5” / Tate Gallery, London
1980 / Oil on canvas / 50”x39” / Museum of Republic Bank Art Collection, Bogota, Colombia
1991 / Lithograph and Woodcut
/ 20 7/8”x14 3/4”
/ Edition of 40
1982 / Acrylic, oilstick, and paper collage on canvas, on tied wood supports / 60”x60” / The Broad, Los Angeles, CA
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1987 / Lithograph and collage, color / 22”x29” / Edition of 25
1962 / Destroyed sofa (wood, cotton, vegetable fiber, wire, and glue) on wood backing
El Museo del Barrio, New York
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1984 / Gelatin silver photograph / 12”x8” / Various, incl. Brooklyn Museum
1931 / Oil on canvas / 27 3/4”x23” / National Museum of Fine Arts of Argentina, Buenos Aires
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1974 / Oil on canvas / 24”x30” / Museum of Republic Bank Art Collection, Bogota, Colombia
1962 / Painted wood, sneakers, door knob/plate / 82 5/8”x65 1/2”x15 1/2” / The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
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1986 / Oil and beeswax on canvas / 63 3/4”x79” / Private collection