Isidoro Ocampo
Mexican, 1910 - 1983Alfarero (Pottery Maker) from Mexican People portfolio, ca. 1945
Not on view
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions17 5/8 × 15 1/8 in. (44.8 × 38.4 cm)
Image: 13 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (34.9 × 28.6 cm)
Gift of Mr. Jack B. Pierson, 1987.31.10
Isidoro Ocampo depicts the long and physically demanding process of preparing clay, despite the harsh process, making pottery is often a tradition with deep roots in a community. The technique, artistic skills, and designs behind the pottery span generations.
Ocampo began studying art at eighteen, mastering the various techniques of printmaking, he became a prolific printmaker. In 1936 he joined the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (LEAR) and the TGP in 1937. While Ocampo was not an outspoken communist like Leopoldo Méndez or Luis Arenal, he was concerned with social issues, such as poverty. His prints appeared in the Mexican People portfolio published in 1946 although he resigned from the TGP in 1944.
