A Painter the World Mislaid

Before his paintings were abandoned in a Manhattan apartment, Alejandro Mario Yllanes said he had been jailed in Bolivia for his political art. Diego Rivera praised 'Comrade Yllanes' at a 1946 Mexico City show, he won a $2,500 Guggenheim grant in New York in 1948, and then the trail went cold. The Met now holds six of his works on paper.

Before his paintings were abandoned in Manhattan, Alejandro Mario Yllanes said he had been banished and jailed in Bolivia for his political art; Diego Rivera praised him at a 1946 Mexico City show, he won a $2,500 Guggenheim grant in New York in 1948, and then the trail fades. The Met now holds six of his works on paper.

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