Emilio Amero

Who was Emilio Amero?

Emilio Amero was among the zeitgeist of the Mexican Modern art movement. He was also a member of the first group of muralists commissioned during Post-Revolutionary Mexico, working side by side such luminaries as José Clemente Orozco, Carlos Mérida, and Diego Rivera. From the fecund milieu of 1920s Mexico, Amero fully embraced its lessons and began to express his personal vision in painting, printmaking, illustration, photography, and filmmaking. In particular, Amero developed a great passion for lithography, establishing several print workshops during his career and would influence a generation of young artists.

Like many of Mexico's leading artists of the day, Amero had an important relationship with the United States. In the late 1920s, he went to New York City via Cuba, where he worked as an illustrator for several publications and Saks Fifth Avenue. More important was the lithography lessons he received from George Miller, the master lithographer.

He returned to Mexico in 1930, where he established a successful lithography workshop at ENBA. Among the artists who attended were such noteworthy artists as Bracho, Jean Charlot, Olga Costa, Gabriel Fernández Ledesma, Francisco Díaz de León, Dosamantes, Carlos Mérida, José Chávez Morado, Orozco Romero, and Alfredo Zalce.