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Frida Kahlo's Unknown Rival
Mexican Artist Izqueirdo Exhibited In "Mexican Modern"
By: Shay Cannedy
© 2006 NM Museum of FIne Arts - Reprint Permission Granted
Santa Fe, NM - In the United States, the name Frida Kahlo is synonymous with Mexican Modern art. In Mexico, however, it is Maria Izqueirdo who is better known and loved, yet she is virtually unheard of in the U.S. The Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe introduces Izquierdo to the American public in the exhibition, "Mexican Modern: Masters of the 20th Century", which opened Memorial Day Weekend and runs through September 3, 2006. The exhibit is from the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City. Santa Fe is the only U.S. venue for this world-class show.
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Frida Kahlo's work, "Los Cocos", shows her keen
eye for detail.
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FRIDA KAHLO(1907-1954)
Los cocos, 1951
Oil on canvas
25.5 x 35.3 cm
Museo de Arte Moderno, CONACULTA-INBA
Kahlo is almost a cult figure in the U.S. - recall Salma Hayek's 2002 performance in the award winning film, "Frida." Dr. David Craven, Professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico and contributor to the exhibit catalogue, surmises that Kahlo's popularity in the United States hinges on her concern with the self and suffering in her work-one in four of her paintings are self portraits. Her unconventional life, bisexuality, and ability to endure 40 major surgeries captured the imagination of the American public.
Yet in Mexico, it is Izquierdo, not Kahlo, who is considered the queen of Mexican modern art. She emerged on the Mexico City art scene just ahead of Kahlo and garnered attention through her ability to express Mexican culture in a fresh yet accessible way through, for example, reworking images of the Madonna to express indigenous pride.
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Maria Izquierdo's piece, "Mujer Oaxaqueña",
her remarkable skill as well.
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MARIA IZQUIERDO (1902-1955)
Mujer Oaxaqueña, 1940
Oil on masonite
61 X 50 cm
Collection Pascual Gutiérrez Roldán
About Izquierdo, the Mexico Connect web site (www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rpomade/rpmariaizquierdo.html (http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rpomade/rpmariaizquierdo.html)) says in part:
One-hundred years after her birth on October 25, 2002, the Mexican painter, Maria Izquierdo was declared a Monumento Artistico de la Nación by Mexico City's National Commission for Arts and Culture.
With this honor she takes her rightful place among other great painters of her time - Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siquieros, Dr. Atl, and Frida Kahlo.
The Mexican poet, Octavio Paz, wrote that the day one writes the real history of Mexican painting of the twentieth century, the name of Maria Izquierdo will be a small but powerful center of magnetic radiation.
Maria Izquierdo was also singled out by Diego Rivera (twice Kahlo's husband) as his best student during his days as Director of the National Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico. While Rivera and Izquierdo were apparently not romantically involved, the competition between Izquierdo and Kahlo was intense. The Mexican art world afforded few opportunities to women, forcing both to align themselves with famous male artists. Izquierdo shared a studio and a romantic relationship with Rufino Tamayo, who is also featured in the Mexican Modern exhibit.
From this beginning, Izqueirdo emerged, along with Kahlo, as one of the two most distinguished women painters in Mexico. Her second husband, painter Raul Uribe, was Chilean by birth, but immigrated to Mexico in 1936 and joined the Mexican modern movement of the time.
Izquierdo's works are valued for their rich, varied, and thoroughly Mexican color patterns. While the influence of European modernism and surrealism is obvious, equally obvious is her inspiration from Mexico's traditional culture. She created a magical, realist tone throughout her work and exhibited no restraint in her use of color or design.
In 1929, Maria Izquierdo had a solo exhibition at the Art Center in New York-the first Mexican woman to be granted this honor. Shows followed in Paris in 1937,Hollywood and Santiago in 1938, and her self-portrait was hung at the New York World's Fair in 1930.
Five of Izqueirdo's best-known works are featured at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe throughout this summer season: Mujer Oaxaqueña (Woman from Oaxaca), 1940; Niñas durmiendo (Girls Sleeping), 1932; Altar de Dolores (Altar of Our Lady of Sorrows),1943; El alhajero (The Jewelry Box), 1942; and Viernes de juguetería (Friday in the Toy Cupboard), 1952.
MUSEUM HOURS: 10am-5 pm - Tue-Sun - Free on Friday evenings 5-8pm
ADDRESS:
107 West Palace Avenue
just off the Plaza
Santa Fe, NM 87501
MORE INFO: Visit - http://www.museumofnewmexico.org (http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/) Call: 505-476-5072
Mexican Artist Izqueirdo Exhibited In "Mexican Modern"
By: Shay Cannedy
© 2006 NM Museum of FIne Arts - Reprint Permission Granted
Santa Fe, NM - In the United States, the name Frida Kahlo is synonymous with Mexican Modern art. In Mexico, however, it is Maria Izqueirdo who is better known and loved, yet she is virtually unheard of in the U.S. The Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe introduces Izquierdo to the American public in the exhibition, "Mexican Modern: Masters of the 20th Century", which opened Memorial Day Weekend and runs through September 3, 2006. The exhibit is from the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City. Santa Fe is the only U.S. venue for this world-class show.
http://sonewmex.com/images/Kahlo_Los_Cocos.jpg
Frida Kahlo's work, "Los Cocos", shows her keen
eye for detail.
- - - - - - -
FRIDA KAHLO(1907-1954)
Los cocos, 1951
Oil on canvas
25.5 x 35.3 cm
Museo de Arte Moderno, CONACULTA-INBA
Kahlo is almost a cult figure in the U.S. - recall Salma Hayek's 2002 performance in the award winning film, "Frida." Dr. David Craven, Professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico and contributor to the exhibit catalogue, surmises that Kahlo's popularity in the United States hinges on her concern with the self and suffering in her work-one in four of her paintings are self portraits. Her unconventional life, bisexuality, and ability to endure 40 major surgeries captured the imagination of the American public.
Yet in Mexico, it is Izquierdo, not Kahlo, who is considered the queen of Mexican modern art. She emerged on the Mexico City art scene just ahead of Kahlo and garnered attention through her ability to express Mexican culture in a fresh yet accessible way through, for example, reworking images of the Madonna to express indigenous pride.
http://sonewmex.com/images/Maria_Izquierdo-Mujer_Oaxaquena.jpg
Maria Izquierdo's piece, "Mujer Oaxaqueña",
her remarkable skill as well.
- - - - - - -
MARIA IZQUIERDO (1902-1955)
Mujer Oaxaqueña, 1940
Oil on masonite
61 X 50 cm
Collection Pascual Gutiérrez Roldán
About Izquierdo, the Mexico Connect web site (www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rpomade/rpmariaizquierdo.html (http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rpomade/rpmariaizquierdo.html)) says in part:
One-hundred years after her birth on October 25, 2002, the Mexican painter, Maria Izquierdo was declared a Monumento Artistico de la Nación by Mexico City's National Commission for Arts and Culture.
With this honor she takes her rightful place among other great painters of her time - Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siquieros, Dr. Atl, and Frida Kahlo.
The Mexican poet, Octavio Paz, wrote that the day one writes the real history of Mexican painting of the twentieth century, the name of Maria Izquierdo will be a small but powerful center of magnetic radiation.
Maria Izquierdo was also singled out by Diego Rivera (twice Kahlo's husband) as his best student during his days as Director of the National Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico. While Rivera and Izquierdo were apparently not romantically involved, the competition between Izquierdo and Kahlo was intense. The Mexican art world afforded few opportunities to women, forcing both to align themselves with famous male artists. Izquierdo shared a studio and a romantic relationship with Rufino Tamayo, who is also featured in the Mexican Modern exhibit.
From this beginning, Izqueirdo emerged, along with Kahlo, as one of the two most distinguished women painters in Mexico. Her second husband, painter Raul Uribe, was Chilean by birth, but immigrated to Mexico in 1936 and joined the Mexican modern movement of the time.
Izquierdo's works are valued for their rich, varied, and thoroughly Mexican color patterns. While the influence of European modernism and surrealism is obvious, equally obvious is her inspiration from Mexico's traditional culture. She created a magical, realist tone throughout her work and exhibited no restraint in her use of color or design.
In 1929, Maria Izquierdo had a solo exhibition at the Art Center in New York-the first Mexican woman to be granted this honor. Shows followed in Paris in 1937,Hollywood and Santiago in 1938, and her self-portrait was hung at the New York World's Fair in 1930.
Five of Izqueirdo's best-known works are featured at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe throughout this summer season: Mujer Oaxaqueña (Woman from Oaxaca), 1940; Niñas durmiendo (Girls Sleeping), 1932; Altar de Dolores (Altar of Our Lady of Sorrows),1943; El alhajero (The Jewelry Box), 1942; and Viernes de juguetería (Friday in the Toy Cupboard), 1952.
MUSEUM HOURS: 10am-5 pm - Tue-Sun - Free on Friday evenings 5-8pm
ADDRESS:
107 West Palace Avenue
just off the Plaza
Santa Fe, NM 87501
MORE INFO: Visit - http://www.museumofnewmexico.org (http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/) Call: 505-476-5072