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ManuelLepe
Primitive Art by A Mexican Master
By Bea Bender
The artistic quality and popular appeal of Lepe's happy art has
enchanted discerning collectors everywhere. His works are in art
collections of world leaders such as former German Chancellor
Willy Brandt, President Fidel Castro of Cuba and the Queen of En-
gland. His canvases hang in many embassies around the world. "In
spite of being profoundly nationalistic, Lepe's work can cross with
ease any frontier and conquer any human being that, like Lepe
himself, is capable of making beauty and truth a part of himself,"
says Jose Luis Meza Inda, Mexican art critic and friend.
Plans and projects for the immediate future are now in abeyance
because of his poor health. Since December 1982, Lepe has
undergone surgery to relieve the effects of a stroke, but with little
improvement. In response to popular demand, Martin Kroll, a New
York art dealer, and Rodrigo Lepe, the artist's brother and
manager, in cooperation with Jan Lavender of Galeria Uno, have
scheduled a retrospective show for the Los Angeles-Southwest
area of the US in the fall of 1983. A folio of seriographs signed in
print depicting the hallmarks of Lepe's artistic endeavors may be
available for the 1984 holiday season. One of the UNICEF Christ-
mas cards this year will be Lepe's "Arbor de Navidad."
"La Gata Feliz," oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm. La Iglesia," oil on canvas, 80 x 80cm.
Los Ninos de Manuel by Mexican artist Manuel Lepe (oil on canvas, 80 cm x 80 cm).