Mexican Calendar Advertising Art - Raleigh Cigarettes - Happy Family at Home - c 1940AP1248
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$300.00
She's making tortillas, the baby is learning to stand and the husband has just come home and surprised her with a present, a beautiful lavender shawl. And this is an image of happiness and comfort and it is brought to you by La Moderna, the neighborhood tobacconist. Perfection. Litho print from original art by Jesus Helguera.
In excellent condition, as seen. Art measures 33 1/8" x 23 1/8", frame 37 1/4" x 27 1/2".
Jesús Helguera (May 28, 1910 – December 5, 1971) was a Mexican painter. Among his most famous works are La Leyenda de los Volcanes, La Leyenda, Popocapetl & Ixtaccihuatl, Hidalgo, "Rompiendo las Cadenas", El Aguila y la Serpiente, and Juan Diego y la Virgen de Guadalupe.
Biography
Early life
JesĂşs Enrique Emilio de la Helguera Espinoza was born to Spanish economist Alvaro Garcia Helguera and Maria Espinoza Escarzaga on May 28, 1910 in Chihuahua, Mexico. He lived his childhood in Mexico City and later moved to CĂłrdoba in the state of Veracruz. His family fled from the Mexican Revolution to Ciudad Real, Castilla la Nueva, Spain and thereafter moved to Madrid. JesĂşs first gained interest in the arts during primary school and would often be found wandering the halls of the Del Prado Museum. At the age of 14, he was admitted to the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes and later studied at the Academia de San Fernando. Helguera later married Julia Gonzalez Llanos, a native of Madrid, who modeled for many of his later paintings and with whom he raised two children.
Helguera continued to paint privately and illustrate for various clients until his death on December 5, 1971. Jesus Helguera continues to be celebrated in Mexico, Spain and the United States.
