• Portfolio
  • About
  • Collections
  • Artists
  • Log In
Artwork Archive Logo
  • Discovery
Blackfriars Gallery and Library

Blackfriars Gallery and Library

Berkeley, CA

Message
  • Portfolio
  • About
  • Collections
  • Artists
Devils and Skeletons - Dia de los Muertos
  • Devils and Skeletons - Dia de los Muertos, late 20th century
  • Clay
  • 15.25 x 11.75 x 7.75 in
  • Share
  • Facebook logo facebook Share this blog post via Facebook
  • Twitter logo twitter Share this blog post via Twitter
  • LinkedIn logo linkedin Share blog post via LinkedIn
  • Email logo email Share this blog post via email
Prev
Next

Begun by Marcelino Vicente Mulato, this style of clay figure is unique to Ocumicho. As artist Emilio Basilio Hernandez observed, the devils are products of the imagination of local artists and as such representative of this local culture.

  • Subject Matter: Ocumicho figures
  • Collections: Nueva Hispana

Other Work From Blackfriars Gallery and Library

De Ventre Matris Meae
Demetrius and the Gladiators (Les Gladiateurs, France)
Deluge (France)
Dominican friar and St. Dominic blessing friar and friar on pilgrimage by David Jones
Dikwils Peyzen op de Dood
De Engel verkondigt de Geboorte J:C:aan de Herders, Luc. II. v.8 (l'Ange' Annonce la Naissance de J:C: aux Bergers) by Jan Luyken
De Hooge Priestee in Zyn by Francois von Bleyswijck
Die dem Hohen Briesterlichen
Deuteronomium, Fol. 45 by Jacob Lindenberg
De Martel-tuigen tot een Overwinning-Teeken aen't kruis-Hout opgehangen by Gilliam van der Gouwen
See all artwork from Blackfriars Gallery and Library
 

Unless copyrighted by other sources, all information at this website (c) Blackfriars Gallery & Library at the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology (Berkeley, CA), 2024.