Emilio Amero

The name Emilio Amero does not generally come up in today's history of Mexican Art, yet Amero was among the zeitgeist of the Mexican Modern movement. He was among the first group of muralists commissioned during Post-Revolutionary Mexico, working side by side such luminaries as Josι Clemente Orozco, Carlos Merida, and Diego Rivera. From the fecund milieu of 1920s Mexico, a definitive Mexican Modern style was emerging. Amero fully embraced its lessons and began to express his personal vision in painting, printmaking, photography, and filmmaking. In particular, Amero developed a great passion for lithography, establishing several print workshops during his career which would influence a generation of young artists. Among the artists who attended were Carlos Merida, Dosamantes, Zalce, Chavez Morado, Jean Charlot, Orozco Romero, and Francisco de Leon. Like many of Mexico's leading artists of the day, Amero had an important relationship with the United States. A lasting contribution State-side is the print studio he established at the University of Oklahoma that remains one of the best in the world.