Atlanta Daily World

Water Colors By Guatemalan To Be Atlanta U. Foyer

"Mexican Costumes" is the subject of a group of watercolors by Carlos Merida, famous Guatemalan painter, now on view in the foyer of the Atlanta University Library.

These paintings have been loaned by the Circuit Case Extension Cooperative, and are part of a selection shown last year at the Art Institute of Chicago. Reproductions of Mr. Merida's works are now being exhibited by other museums and libraries throughout the country.

In the folk costumes of Mexico, Mr. Merida has discovered every subtle relationship in color and design. The current showing displays figures of men, women, and children wearing colorful costumes. There is the popular shawl in its two versions-the sarape, a man's accessory; and the rebozo, a woman's. They vary extensively according to the locality of origin.

There is also the dashing Mexican cowboy or Charro outfit and the strikingly beautiful headdresses of Mexican women with yards of yarn braided into their hair to give the effect of a turban.

Mr. Merida was first introduced to Washington several years ago when his works were included in a large exhibition of Mexican art brought to the United States by the American Federation of Arts.