Rina Lazo

Rina Lazo (born October 23, 1923 in Guatemala City , † November 1, 2019 in Mexico City ) was a Guatemalan painter and graphic artist active in Mexico . She lived in Coyoacan .

biography

Rina Lazo was the daughter of Arturo Lazo and Melanea Wasem. After completing school at the Colegio Alemán, she first studied in Guatemala at the Academia de Bellas Artes and then until 1954 as a scholarship holder of painting under Diego Rivera at the Mexican Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" . She also studied at the Taller de Grafica Popular under Leopoldo Méndez , Pablo O'Higgins and under her future husband Arturo García Bustos graphics. Because of her talent, she asked Rivera in 1947 to assist him on some of his murals , calling her his "right arm" and his "best assistant". The collaboration with Rivera lasted until his death in 1957. She herself painted many murals in the style of the Mexican school in Mexico and in her home country. She also made a replica of Bonampak's Mayan murals for the Museo Nacional de Antropología in 1966 .

Lazo exhibited her pictures in Mexico, Guatemala, Europe and Korea in solo and group exhibitions. She was a member of various artists' associations, including in 1956 a leading member of the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas and in 1968 a leading member of the Tribuna de México . Later she was a board member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana .

Web links

Literature by and about Rina Lazo in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
Rina Lazo (photo)

Individual evidence

↑ Jillian Steinhauer: Rina Lazo, Muralist Who Worked With Diego Rivera, Dies at 96. In: The New York Times , December 18, 2019 (English). Retrieved December 19, 2019.

↑ Reproducción Murales de Bonampak-Acerca del Author ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2008 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. (Spanish). @1@ 2

^ Rina Lazo (English), The Blanco Art Collection.

personal data
SURNAME	Lazo, Rina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lazo-Wasem, Rina (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Guatemalan painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Guatemala City
DATE OF DEATH	1st November 2019
Place of death	Mexico city

[1] Jillian Steinhauer: Rina Lazo, Muralist Who Worked With Diego Rivera, Dies at 96. In: The New York Times , December 18, 2019 (English). Retrieved December 19, 2019.