Horacio Rentería Rocha
Horacio Rentería Rocha (born October 21, 1912 in Victoria de Durango , Mexico , † March 2, 1972 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican painter.
Life
Horacio Rentería Rocha was born in 1912 in Victoria de Durango in the Mexican state of Durango into a simple family. As a child, Horacio painted landscapes, portraits and children on faded house walls with lime, brick dust and burnt coal. He received his bachelor's degree from Juárez University in Durango. He then worked as a mathematics professor until he made his vocation "painting" his main occupation.
Horacio became a student of William de Lourdes , who in 1932 created murals in the Guateloupe Victoria High School. In 1935, Horacio announced to be the master's assistant in the design of the frescoes in the palace of Durango. Here, on the first floor of the building, the painting “The Fatherland Protects People With Open Arms” was created. In 1936 he was commissioned to artistically upgrade the building's inner courtyard.
He died on March 2nd, 1972 after a long and serious illness.
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In the course of time his works became known beyond the borders of Mexico. The small-format series “Children” in particular, in which magnificently dressed boys and girls were idealized in a lyrical setting, met with approval in the metropolises of France and the USA. Today these oil paintings with children's motifs are exhibited in international galleries. The composition of figures with regional landscape beauties occurs frequently.
Horacio's works are traded worldwide. The most famous collectors include actor Henry Fonda , fashion designer Christian Dior , English-American conductor Leopold Stokowski and former US President Lyndon B. Johnson . The children's motifs of Mexican cultural symbols are particularly popular in the USA. In the state of Florida, a traditional immigration country for Latinos, the works are very popular.
Horacio's works have been exhibited in museums such as the Louvre in Paris, the Museo del Prado in Madrid and the National Museum of Art in Mexico . The most valuable paintings are traded between one and three million US dollars on the North and South American art market.
Web links
- Search Results | Sotheby's. In: www.sothebys.com. Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
- Subasta de los Interiores de Pánuco 46, Incluye Antigüedades. Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
- Horacio | Pintor | Valor, precios y results de las obras. In: www.arcadja.com. Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
- Christie's: Horacio Renteria Rocha | Christie's. In: artist.christies.com. Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
- Muros que cuentan la historia de Durango. Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
- Horacio Rentería: Pionero del Muralismo en Durango. Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
- Terranova (Revista de Cultura, Crítica y Curiosidades): Horacio Rentería: el Él Útimo Pintor Novohispano y Pionero del Muralismo en Durango Por Alberto Espinosa. In: terranoca.blogspot.de. Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
- Auctions, prices, indices and biographies for the artist Horacio. In: terranoca.blogspot.de. Artprice.com, accessed on 18 September 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography on Horacio-Renteria-Rocha.com ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 20, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rocha, Horacio Rentería |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Victoria de Durango , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2nd 1972 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |