"Mexico Por La Libertad"

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20056876

Description

An anti-Nazi painting, "Mexico Por La Libertad," is widely used throughout Mexico for educational purposes. It has been sent to Jack Danciger, an honorary Mexican consul in Fort Worth, Texas. The painting depicts the Mexican Eagle ripping down the German flag. The copy of the painting was sent by recent visitor, Division General Eulogio Ortiz, commander of the Seventh Mexican Military Zone. The original painting was created by artist Jose Bribiesca. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom left corner of the painting.

Archival Date

1943-01-23

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1729

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White;Copy of Original Image

File Format

JPG

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Paintings; Eagles; German Flag; Nazi flag; Danciger, Jack; Ortiz, Eulogio; Flags; Bribiesca, Jose; Painters (Artists); Mexico Por La Libertad; Seventh Mexican Military Zone