¡30-30! Explained

"¡30-30!" (Spanish; Castilian: ¡Treinta-treinta!) was a Mexican artists' group of revolutionary anti-academic painters, that took its name from the .30-30 Winchester rifle. The group existed from 1928 to 1930, and had around about 30 members. They published five manifestos and a journal in three issues.^[1]

Notable treintatreintistas

• Ramón Alva de la Canal (1892–1985)
• Gabriel Fernández Ledesma (1900–1983)
• Fernando Leal (1896–1964)
• Fermín Revueltas (1901–1935)
• Rafael Vera de Córdova
• Martí Casanovas
• Erasto Cortéz Juarez

Literature

• 30-30! contra la Academia de Pintura, 1928 (Spanish), Museo Nacional de Arte, 1993

Notes and References

1. David Craven: Art and Revolution in Latin America, 1910-1990, 2006, p. 63.