Méndez, Leopoldo, 1902-1969

found: Leopoldo Méndez, 1984:t.p. (Leopoldo Méndez) p. 158 (b. 7-30-1902, Mexico City) p. 160 (d. 2-8-1969, Mexico City)

found: Wikipedia, Sept. 15, 2014(Leopoldo Méndez; born June 30,1902 in Mexico City; died February 8,1969 in Mexico City; graphic artist; one of Mexico's most important artists from the 20th century. Méndez's work mostly focused on engraving for illustrations and other print work generally connected to his political and social activism. His most influential work was connected to organizations such as the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios and the Taller de Gráfica Popular creating propaganda related to the ideals of the Mexican Revolution and against the rise of Fascism in the 1930s. He believed in working collaboratively and anonymously for the good of society rather than for monetary gain and because of the socialist and communist themes of his work fell out of favor with later generations; however, he has recieved posthumous recognition with Mexican scholarship considering him to be the successor to graphic artist José Guadalupe Posada. In 1946, he left the Mexican Communist Party, founding the Partido Popular in 1947. After World War II, he focused on issues related to world peace. These efforts gained him the International Peace Prize from the World Council of Peace in Vienna in 1952)