José Hernández DelgadilloMuralist, artist, political leaderI meet José Hernández Delgadillo when I was going to publish the magazine "Nueva Generación", in 1972. He is the most political and commited artist I have known. A honest man, a skilled master of drawing and an impressive muralist. This bio was published in English by "The Biographical Bulletin", in Canada, 1991.

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JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ DELGADILLO (1928-2000)

A Delgadillo´s drawing for the cover of "Nueva Generación", revista sociocultural, in 1972.

GENERALINFORMATION (as published in 1991)

Place of birth: México, in Tepeapulco, Hidalgo on January 7, 1928.

Married to: Beatriz Zamora, a Mexican artist.

1945.- Began his studies in painting in the studio of the Master Antonio Navarrete Tejada.

1954.- Made his first individual show Exposición in the López Gallery on Isabel La Católica Street, in Mexico City.

1958.- Began his studies in art at the National School of Painting and Sculpture, La Esmeralda, INBA (National Institute of Fine Arts). Also, he painted his first fresco mural in the Belisario Domínguez Elementary School.

1954 to 1960.- Worked as architectural draftsman in the office of Buildings and Monuments in the Mexico City Government. He was commissioned to make a work Reliefs and a Group of Sculptors in the Sports City Magdalena Mixuca; he designed the symbol for the National Book Fair, a monumental sculpture 25 meters high, the painting pavilion, decorations in several other pavilions, and murals in the Pavilion of Mexico City.

1960.- Along with 40 Mexican artists he represented his country in the Second Biennial Interamerican Show in Mexico, where he got the Special Award.

1961.- Won one of the five international prizes in the Biennial Youth Show in Paris, France.

1962.- Individual shows in the Misrachi and Mer-kup galleries in Mexico City. Collective shows in the main Mexican cities, United States, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Central America.

1963.- Adquisition Prize of the Mexican Hall of Fine Arts. Second Prize in the Contest for Mural Decoration of the PRI Building. Illustrates in modern offset lithography the book The Man by Dr. Mario González Ulloa. Participates in the show Biennial Selections touring France.

1964.- The Museum of Modern Art in Paris purchases one of his works. He makes a show in the Reflets gallery in Brussels, in the Mokun gallery in Amsterdam, in the Biosca gallery in Madrid, and in the Creuze gallery, in Paris.

1965.- Collective show Six Mexican Painters in the House of Mexico, University City, Paris. Collective show Latin American Painters in the Villa Museum in Paris.

1966.- Individual show in the Mer-kup gallery. Collective shows, self-portraits and works, Modern Art Museum, Mexico City. Confrontation 66, Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City. Purchase Prize of the Mexican Hall of Fine Arts, Mexico City. He ilustrates the poetry book El Herrero del Cuerpo, Finisterre

Publications, Mexico City.

1967.- Collective show Contemporary Art of Mexico, Mexican Pavilion in Expo-67, Montreal, Canada. Collective show Erotism, Edward Munch gallery, Mexico City. Solo show Apuntes y Tintas, Edward Munch gallery, Mexico City.

1968.- Solar Show in the Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City. Participates in a kinetic sculpture. Individual show in the Mer-kup gallery. Collective show Pain and Violence, Edward Munch gallery.

1969.- Coordinates the making of murals, sculptures and reliefs in the Morelos Residential Center, Doctores, Mexico City. Founding member of the multidisciplinary group Arte Colectivo en Acción (ACA), with the participation of Leopoldo Ayala, José de Molina, Amparo Ochoa, Juan Alejandro, Beatriz Munch, Sonia Furió, etc. Collective show The Prison, Edward Munch Gallery, Mexico City.

1970.- Coordinates the making of sculptures and children's games in the Children's Aid Institute (IMAN), Mexico City. Solo show Life, Death and Love Metaphsique, Edward Munch gallery.

1972.- From this year on he has painted more than 150 murals in the principal universities of Mexico, in teachers' colleges, CREN's, technical schools, peasant communities, and poor neighborhoods, and decides not to participate in competitive shows. He ilustrates de book Altamira by Dr. Mario González Ulloa, special edition.

1973.- He ilustrates the book Las Mariposas de la Tía Nati, by Roberto López Moreno, Ediciones de Cultura popular, Mexico City.

1974.- Collective show The New Figuration of the World in Tokyo, Japan.

1975.- Individual Show in the Mer-kup gallery.

1976.- Individual show in the hotel of the Ex-Hacienda de Cortés, in Cuernavaca, Morelos. Makes a portable mural entitled Repression-Revolution, 90 meters square.

1977.- Proceso show, Mexican Hall of Fine Art, participants: Jesús Gutiérrez Martínez, Armando Ortega, and José Hernández Delgadillo, in which he presented the 45 minute movie Liberation, drawn in color, made jointly with the poet Leopoldo Ayala, the composer and singe Juan Alejandro, the actress Beatriz Munch and the producer David Celestinos.

1979.- He ilustrates the first handcraft poetry booklet which opened Las Ediciones Artesanales del Coyote Esquivo, La Huilotita Mañanera, of the poet José Tlatelpas, Delambo handcraft Publishing and El Coyote Esquivo, Mexico-Peru, 1979.

1980.- He participates in the multimedia and art show Death and Creation, Cultural center od The national Politechics University, Mexico City. Collective show Our Face, national Auditorium gallery, Mexico City.

1981.- Individual show in the Hall of Mexican fine Arts. He ilustrates the handcraft booklet The Mexican Rebel Poets (Leopoldo Ayala, Benito Balam, Roberto López Moreno and José Tlatelpas), The Sawarabi Press, Kyoto, Japan (Translation by Kazumi Kanazawa).

1983.- Individual show in the Mexican Hall of Fine Arts; presents the series of engravings known as Sally Ann, based on the poem by the same name written by the poet Leopoldo Ayala. He organizes together with José Tlatelpas, Benito Balam and other artists The Independent Homage to José Clemente Orozco, in his Centennial.

1984.- He participates in the realization of 68 a Collective Mural of 1600 square metres in the floor of La Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Tlaltelolco, Mexico City.

1985.- Makes a series of 22 originals for silk screening for the collection Earthquake 85 about the tragedy in Mexico City and other parts of the country. Collective show Image and Poetry, with the participation of poets and artists, in the Gandhi gallery, Mexico City. He participates in the conference and show Hiroshima: Weapons and Nuclear War with Kazuo Chujo, Atsuhiko Yoshida, Luis Y. Aragón, Kyoko Matsumoto and José Tlatelpas.

1986.- Makes a 200 square meter mural across from the Garden of Art in the city of Pachuca, Hidalgo, Struggle and Contradictions in the Hidalgo State, near to the Art garden in Pachuca City, Hidalgo. He ilustrates the book Motivos Para la Danza by the poet Roberto López Moreno, Factor Editions, Mexico City. Collective show Confrontation 86, National Fine Arts Palace, Mexico City.

1988.- Illustrates the book Desde Los Siglos Del Maíz Rebelde (Since The Centuries Of The Rebel Corn), prologue by Horacio Caballero, written by the poets Mario Ramírez, José Tlatelpas and Benito Balam, in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the popular student uprising of 1968.

1989.- Painted the mural The New Man-Toward the Future, acrylic on wood, 58 square meters; Auditorium of the National Hotel of Cortés, in Cuernavaca, Morelos.

1990.- Mural Peasant Struggle, acrylic on canvas, 4.65 by 1.65 meters. Mural Shop, Oakland, CA., USA.

Mural For Peace, Against War and Exploitation, 7 by 3 meters, Office of Organization "La Raza Sí", in San José, USA.

Mural Elements of Nature, Production and Struggle in the Countryside, 6.50 by 3 meters, acrylic on canvas. Institute of Agricultural Investigations in California, Davis, CA., USA.

Mural 85 Earthquake, in the Office of Agricultural Workers and Packers, Watsonville, USA.

1990. - Individual sow "1985 Earthquake" in the Mexican Hall of Fine Arts, 1626 San Francisco, Col. Del Valle, Mexico City.

1991.- Individual show in the House of Culture in Tepeapulco, Hidalgo.

Collective shows:

War and Peace, Annual Hall of Drawing.

- Member of SOMART (Mexican Society of Artists).

- Member of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Hall of Fine Art.

– Member of the International Directory of COMAP (later referenced as COMAV, World Council of Fine Arts).

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Links:

Link in Wikipedia about José Hernández Delgadillo, Spanish.

An excelent article about Hernández Delgadillo by Prof. Alan Barnet, San Francisco, USA, English.

Interview with José Hernández Delgadillo in La Guirnalda Polar, Canada, February 1999, Spanish.

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