Gathering Up Kernels
Francisco Dosamantes
Description
Subject Matter:
Dosamantes was a Mexican graphic artist whose work expressed anti-fascist views and a commentary on the government. In 1932, he became an advocate for the rural farm laborers of Mexico after participating in mission work. The women in this print are emaciated and desperately reaching for a single kernels of corn, indicating the plight that farmers faced as did Millet in his "Gleaners." Dosamantes was a founding artist of Taller de Gráfica Popular and the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana and, from 1934 to 1938, he was a member of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios.
Physical Description:
In this print, four women in shawls and layers of cloth are positioned on their hands and knees or laying on the ground. All of them are reaching for a small seed, perhaps a kernal of corn. Their bodies span two jagged cracks that split the ground in a small clearing in a field.
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