Cordelia Urueta

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Cordelia Urueta (born June 5, 1908 in Mexico City , † November 3, 1995 there ) was a Mexican painter. Like Frida Kahlo and Remedios Varo , Urueta omitted a few years of life and gave her year of birth as 1908, but research indicates that she was born in 1897 or 1900.

Life

Urueta was the daughter of the writer Jesús Urueta Siqueiros and the niece of the writer and politician Justo Sierra . In 1919 she went to Argentina with her parents when her father was sent there as a Mexican representative. He then went to Uruguay with his family in the same position. After Urueta's mother died, the father returned with Cordelia to Mexico, where she fell ill and suffered from severe anemia. After her recovery, Dr. Atl , who was close friends with the family, for learning to paint at the open-air painting school ( Escuela de Pintura al Aire Libre ) in the old monastery of Churubusco . In 1929 she went to New York and exhibited together with Rufino Arellanes Tamayo and José Clemente Orozco in the gallery founded by Alma Reed . In 1932 she received a teaching post from the Secretaría de Educación Pública . Urueta's abstract paintings have been shown at exhibitions in Mexico and Europe. She was a founding member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana .

Famous works

  • “Paisajes” ('Landscapes'), 1947
  • "El hombre de la luna", 1951
  • "Paisaje", 1952
  • "Retrato de Pita Amor " (portrait), 1953
  • "Mujer" ('Woman'), 1956
  • "Pajaro de Presa", 1960
  • "Iman", 1960
  • “Paisaje mejicano” ('Mexican Landscape'), 1966
  • "Fòrmula 18, el silencio", 1970
  • "Pellejo de Piedras", 1975
  • “Balance del miedo”, 1975
  • "Óxido", 1977
  • "Abstracto", 1984
  • "Perfil" ('Profile'), 1985
  • "Ventana al sol", 1985
  • "Nave" ('Ship'), 1987
  • "Pirámide", 1989
  • "Viejo Barco" ('Old Boat'), 1989
  • "El barco perdido", 1989
  • "El hechizo", 1990

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Raquel Tibol: La Pintora Cordelia Urueta (Spanish), 1995 at Proceso.
  2. ↑ Cordelia Urueta (1908–1995)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fundacionrojourbiola.org  
  3. ^ Cordelia Urueta (1908) (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Urueta, Cordelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1995
Place of death Mexico city