Monday, March 21, 2016

Francisco Eppens Helguera [ 1st Part (Postage and Air Mail Stamps 1938/1945 )]

[Mexico] (b 1913/d 1990)


" Francisco Eppens Helguera was a Mexican artist known for his paintings, murals and sculptures of images and scenes distinctly Mexican. He also achieved international fame for his award winning modern designs for Mexican postage and revenue stamps (1935–1953) and for his 1968 redesign of the Mexican coat of arms, still used today on Mexican government documents, coins and the national flag. (..)  In 1920, the family moved to Mexico City, where Eppens received his primary education. In 1927, he enrolled in a bachellor's degree program in engineering and architecture at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.. Eppens left that program, however, and the following year studied painting and sculpture at the "Escuela de Artes Plásticas" (School of Fine Arts) of the Academia de San Carlos. For a few years, Eppens designed advertisements and posters, and starting in 1930 he worked at the Industria Cinematográfica Nacional as an artist.. (..) In 1935, Eppens was employed by the Mexican government office which produced postage stamps and government securities, the Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores de México. Between 1935 and 1951, he designed a large number of postage and revenue stamps in a modernist style...  His stamp designs were popular internationally, receiving awards for "one of the best 10 stamps in the world" (1939) and "one of the six best stamps in the world" (1940), both awarded by Scott's Monthly Stamp Journal, and an exhibition of his stamps was held at the Collectors Club of New York in 1944..(..) In the 1940s and 1950s, Eppens painted many murals in the interiors of institutional buildings. In the 1960s, he created similar glass mosaic murals for the exteriors of buildings, as well as some large metal sculptures. In the 1970s and 1980s he primarily created paintings. "

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Mexico 1938 "16th International Town Planning and Housing Congress, Mexico city" (12,12,6) [Photo] Sc(740,...,745)(C85,...,C90) [ images credit of Stampworld ]





Mexico 1939 "New York World Fair" (1) [Photo] Sc(746)



Mexico 1939 "Tulsa Philatelic convention,USA" (1) [Photo] Sc(747)



Mexico 1939 "Census Taking" (6,6,6) [Photo] Sc(751,...,753)(C100,...,C102) [ images credit of Stampworld ]






Mexico 1940 "Opening of Highway from Mexico city to Guadalajara" (1) [Photo] Sc(759)



Mexico 1940 "400th anniversary of the Founding of Campeche" (4,4,4) [Photo] Sc(763)(C111,...,C113) [ images credit of Stampworld ]





Mexico 1940 "Inauguration of President Camacho" (6,1,1) [Photo] Sc(764,...,766)(C114,...,C116) [ images credit of Stampworld ]



Mexico 1942 "Inauguration of the Astrophysical Observatory of  Tonanzintla" (6,6,6) [Photo] Sc(774,...,776)(C123,...,C125) [ images credit of Stampworld ]




Mexico 1942 "2nd Inter American Agricultural Conference" (6,6,6) [Photo] Sc(777,...,779) [ images credit of Stampworld ]



 


Mexico 1944 "Liberty" (1) [Photo] Sc(790)



Mexico 1944 "Air Mail" (1) [Photo] Sc(C141)



Mexico 1945 "Inter American Conference, Chapultepec" (9,1) [Photo] Sc(792,...,795)(C143,...,C147)



Mexico 1945 "Reconstruction of LA PAZ Theater" (9,1) [Photo] Sc(801,...,804)(C148,...,C152)



Mexico 1945 "National Education Campaign" (11,1) [Photo] Sc(806,...,811)(C153,...,C157)







2 comments:

  1. É um trabalho excepcional Luis. Parabéns.

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    1. Olá, Bom Dia..na realidade , tive a ajuda de um Colecionador Americano pertencente a um Clube de filatelia Mexicana... por acaso é um individuo que se interessa bastante por desenhadores de selos e tem artigos muito completos sobre desenhadores Mexicanos e Turcos (outra das suas Paixões..) .. apenas não os posso divulgar como fontes ,pois não estão na Net (não estão na "Cloud"..) e assim eu não os posso divulgar através do Blogger (pois preciso de têr um URL onde o ficheiro esteja colocado...).. aos poucos e poucos vou conhecendo outros individuos que de uma maneira muito mais especifica e pormenorizada estudam ou estudaram a vida de alguns desenhadores...(É claro que neste Blog não posso rivalizar com esse grau de pormenor, pois interessa-me apenas divulgar superficialmente a vida dos desenhadores... Quem o desejar poderá colecioná-los e desenvolver o estudo das suas vidas..) vou iniciar daqui a uns dias a segunda parte sobre Eppens Helguera ..
      Muito Obrigado pelo seu comentário e constante incentivo....

      Cumprimentos
      (Luis)

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