Pedro Linares
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Pedro Linares López
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| Awards | National Prize for Arts and Sciences (1990) |
Pedro Linares López (29 June 1906 – 25 January 1992) was a Mexican artist born in Mexico City known for coining the word and the concept Alebrije and its plural form Alebrijes that are zoomorphic Cartonería figures.
Career
Pedro Linares began his career as a maker of the effigies known as
After peritonitis subsided, Linares began to materialize his vision and the art of making alebrijes was born. He wanted his family and others to know about the animals he dreamt of by taking a piece of paper and molding the figures from his memory and then painting them as he saw them in his dream.[1]
Pedro Linares gained national and international attention following the 1975 documentary Linares: Artesano de Cartón from Judith Bronowski. Part of a documentary series on Mexican folk craft, it resulted in traveling workshops from the films' subjects. Among them was
In 1990, Linares was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes) in the Popular Arts and Traditions category, the highest decoration to artisans granted by the federal government of Mexico.[citation needed]
The work done by Linares for Diego Rivera is now displayed at the Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City.[3]
In the United States, exhibitions of his work were held at the Smithsonian Institution, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the Craft Contemporary, the Museum of Us and the Fullerton Museum Center.[4]
Death
Linares died at the age of 85 in 1992.[4]
His three children and later grandchildren helped preserve Linares' name with the refined art of cartonería. Alebrijes continue to be produced by the Linares family and in other workshops across Mexico.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "Google honors artist Pedro Linares López with a new Doodle". UPI. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Los auténticos creadores de los alebrijes no son de Oaxaca, se apellidan Linares". México Desconocido (in Spanish). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b Ochoa, Andrea (28 October 2020). "Conoce el origen de los alebrijes, las figuras fantásticas del arte popular". AD Magazine México y Latinoamérica (in Mexican Spanish). Architectural Digest. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b Oliver, Myrna (1 February 1992). "Pedro Linares, 85; Mexican Folk Artist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Bercovitch, Helyn (7 September 2001). "In memory of Don Pedro: Alebrije art from a master artist". MexConnect. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-0930741419.
External links
- Pedro Linares - biography on Amo Alebrijes website (Spanish)
- Pedro Linares López’s 115th Birthday – Google Doodle
