By JOSE LUIS ORTIZ FLORES
This is the second part of this blog where we proudly present some facts of Mexican artists that have contributed to our culture, history, and art.
DIEGO RIVERA (Complete name: Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez) Painter
Born: 1887
Died: 1957
Relevant facts: Muralist. His artwork is full of historical encounters and social protest in order to generate a social consciousness on social inequality.
Artwork: El Cargador de Flores, El hombre controlador del Universo, Los murales de la industria de Detroit, Unidad Panamericana, Paisaje Zapatista, Vendedora de Flores, Creation, Zapata Líder Agrario, Frozen Assets, Desnudo con Alcatraces, The Hammock, The Rivals, The Arsenal, El Agua Origen de la Vida.
JOSÉ MARÍA VELASCO
Born: 1840
Died: 1912
Relevant facts: Landscaper. Student of the San Carlos Academy, where Eugenio Landesio, Italian artist, was his teacher.
Artwork:
Valle de México, Catedral de Oaxaca, Cañada de Metlac, Valle de Oaxaca, Ahuehuete, Popocatépetl e Iztaccihuatl.
DR. ATL (Gerardo Murillo Cornado)
Born: 1875
Died: 1964
Relevant facts: Landscaper. His nickname (Dr. Atl) was taken from this Ph in Philosophy studies (atl in Náhuatl means Water). Painter, vulcanologist, writer, and journalist. He created the “Atl-colors”.
Artwork: Erupción en apogeo, Paricutín, La sombra del Popo, La Nube, Retrato de Luis G. Urbina, Píhuamo.
FERMÍN REVUELTAS
Born: 1902
Died: 1935
Relevant facts: Muralist and Stained glass artist. He lived in San Antonio, Texas, where he witnessed the workers protests; when he returned to Mexico he joined the movement of the Outdoors Painting Schools and adopted the aesthetical proposals of the stridentist movement. Died at 34 years old by a heart attack.
Artwork: Stained Glass art pieces: Centro Escolar Revolución Library in Mexico City; “Corazón de niño robado”; “Justicia Social” (Centro Escolar Revolución in Ciudad Juárez); Stained glass at the former “Colonia” Hospital (Col. Cuauhtémoc -IMSS offices).
JUAN O´GORMAN
Born: 1905
Died: 1982
Relevat facts: Architect and painter (muralist). His father, and Irish painter (Cecil Crawford O´Gorman); his brother a historian (Edmundo O´Gorman, author of “Invensión de América”). Considered as the last representative of the Mexican Muralist movement.
Artwork: Murals at the UNAM Library (4,000 m2 covered with natural stones); Historia de la Aviación (AICM mural); Alegoría de las comunicaciones (SCT mural); Retablo de la Independencia (Museo Nacional de Historia); The Anahuacalli (museum); El Requiem (painting).