Cecil Crawford O'Gorman
Cecil Crawford O'Gorman (* 1874 , † 1943 ) was an Irish mining engineer who was later known as a painter in Mexico .
biography
Cecil O'Gorman was the son of John O'Gorman , whose father Charles O'Gorman was the first British consul in Mexico in August 1923. At the end of the 19th century, Cecil O'Gorman went to Mexico on behalf of a British mining company and shortly after arrival married his cousin Encarnación O'Gorman . The marriage to Encarnación had four children, including the architect Juan O'Gorman and the historian Edmundo O'Gorman . In Mexico he worked in the mining industry near Pachuca and Guanajuato , but began painting when the revolution there broke out in Mexico City . He painted portraits of well-known Mexicans, landscapes and murales and exhibited again and again. After his death, a solo exhibition was dedicated to him in the Palacio de Bellas Artes .
Web links
- Self-portrait from 1936 , Banamex collection
Individual evidence
- ^ Edmundo O'Gorman (English).
- ↑ Bach, Caleb: The Art & Anger of Juan O'Gorman ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English).
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| SURNAME | O'Gorman, Cecil Crawford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican artist of Irish descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1874 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1943 |