ARTES PLÁSTICAS, Nº 4: EL FRENTE NACIONAL DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS.; Consejo editorial: Roberto Berdcio, Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt, Vincente Rojo (Director Artístico)

México, D.F.: Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas, FNAP, 1953. (marginal wear; slight chipping along the edges of some of the pages). b/w and color plates, ports., advts., one full-page engraving on color rice paper, loose as issued, duo tone pict. wrps. Cover Title. COVER READS "Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas" A Mexican monthly art magazine that covers subjects ranging from pre-Colombian art, Mexican muralism, and grafic arts. The slogan of the magazine is "por un arte al servicio del pueblo." The Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas (FNAP) was a collective of artists founded in 1952, during the "crossing" between two adverse aesthetic art movements: the realism of the so-called Mexican School of Painting and what has been called the “Ruptura” (Rupture). The magazines Artes de México and Artes Plásticas, which were founded at the initiative of the FNAP, were fundamental for the dissemination of the FNAP political, social and artistic ideologies with a marked tendency to the left. Artes Plásticas, which indicated in its cover logo its membership of the FNAP, was the first to be published, with a monthly periodicity. Printed on modest paper, it was released towards the end of October 1952. Their editorial line was nationalist, understood as the preservation and dissemination of everything they considered heritage and a product of the Mexican Revolution. This issue includes a beautiful full-page engraving of Francisco Madero by the artist Angel Zamarripa. Founders and participants include: Francisco Goitia (Secretaria General), Ignacio Aguirre, Ana Mérida, Raul Anguiano. CONTENTS: Redescubrimiento de Palenque / por Alberto Ruz -- Los carteles del Taller Gráfica Popular / Miguel Salas Anzures -- El mosaico Italiano en el muralismo Mexicano / José Chávez Morado -- La pintura de J. Guadalupe Ramírez -- Estampas del Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas, número 7: Francisco Madero / grabado de Ángel Zamarripa -- La pintura de José Guadalupe Ramírez / por el Dr. Federico Uribe -- El uso de los materiales sintéticos / por Andrés Sánchez Flores -- Que es el Taller de Integración Plástica.