Ángel Zárraga

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Ángel Zárraga (y) Argüelles (born August 16, 1886 in Durango ; † September 22, 1946 ) was a Mexican painter.

biography

"Ex Voto", 1912

Zárraga was born as the son of the physician Dr. Fernando Zárraga and his wife Guadalupe Argüelles were born in the Barrio de Analco in Durango. He attended the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria in Mexico City , made his first contacts with the artistic and intellectual scene during this time and then studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (ENBA). He was one of the founders of the cultural organization El Ateneo de la Juventud . In 1904 his family made it possible for him to go on a study trip to Spain, Italy and France, where he also exhibited. He attended a few courses at the Brussels Art Academy . In 1906 he was able to present his pictures in an exhibition in the Museo del Prado . In 1907 he returned to Mexico for his exhibition at the ENBA. In 1909 he took part in the Biennale di Venezia and exhibited in the Salon at Piazzale Donatello in Florence. In 1911 he went permanently to France, only in 1914 at the beginning of the World War he returned to Mexico. From 1921 his work was strongly influenced by Cézanne and Giotto . In France he painted murales at the Château de Vert-Cœur and the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris , also decorated the Mexican legation in Paris in 1927 , exhibited in the Paris Salon d'Automne , as well as in New York. With the collapse of the international art market in the 1930s as a result of the global economic crisis, he lost his sponsor and became depressed. During the Second World War he fled back to his homeland in 1941, where he also painted murales in the Club de Banqueros and the chapel of the Catedral de Monterrey .

Zárraga died in Mexico as a result of pneumonia. In Durango , the contemporary art museum bears his name.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ángel Zárraga y Argüelles (Spanish), Biografías y Vidas.
  2. ↑ http://www.yancuic.com/Hemeroteca/AIIE52P21.PDF (link not available)
  3. ↑ Angel Zárraga, 1886-1946 ( Memento of February 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English), Museo Andrés Blaisten.
  4. ^ Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Ángel Zárraga ( Memento of July 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Museum Information.
personal data
SURNAME Zárraga, Ángel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zárraga y Argüelles, Ángel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Durango
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1946
Place of death Mexico city