Vicente Mendiola Quezada

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vicente Mendiola Quezada (born March 7, 1900 in Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias , † 1986 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican architect and painter.

biography

Mendiola Quezada, son of Martiniano Mendiola Flores (1870-1954) and his wife Raquel Quezada Fragoso, attended school in Toluca and studied from 1918 to 1924 at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (ENBA) in Mexico City.

From 1926 he lectured at the ENBA, after which he then taught at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura (ENA) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México until 1986 . He was also a retired master of urban planning, building history, drawing and design at the Universidad La Salle . He was also a member of the Society of Mexican Architects ( Sociedad de Arquitectos de México -SAM) and a founding member of the College of Architects of Mexico City ( Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México -CAM) and the Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística .

Mendiola Quezada has received several awards for his architectural and painterly work. Today a street in Mexico City is named after him. A memorial commemorates him in his hometown. His daughter María Luisa Mendiola is also an architect.

Buildings (selection)

La Diana Cazadora Fountain, Mexico City
Rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres, Guadalajara
  • Regional agricultural school, Tamatán , Tamaulipas and another five schools of this type
  • Police and Fire Brigade ( Inspección de Policía y Bomberos ) building, Mexico City
  • Tower restoration at the Castillo de Chapultepec (project planning and execution)
  • Organization and management of the Mexican pavilion at the world exhibition in New York in 1939
  • La Diana Cazadora fountain, Mexico City with sculpture of Diana by Juan F. Olaguíbel (1896–1971)
  • Restoration of the Catedral de Toluca , Toluca
  • Petroleum monument in Mexico City, erected to commemorate the expropriation of petroleum ( Expropiación petrolera ) with sculptures by Juan F. Olaguíbel (1896–1971). From the point of view of the beholder, the sculptor has immortalized the architect to the left of the naked lady and himself to her right.
  • Redesign of the Federal Treasury in the National Palace , Mexico City (construction management)
  • Redesign of the illustrious men's rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres , Guadalajara
  • Civil Hospital, Tampico (designed in 1934)
  • Restoration of the Government Palace, Mexico City
  • Restoration of the Chamber of Deputies, Mexico City
  • Congregational Palace remodeling, Mexico City
  • Redesign of the Palace of Justice

literature

  • Daniel Schávelzon: La fuente de petróleos (1952): un monumento alegórico-apoteótico mexicano. In: Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. Vol. XV, No. 59. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México 1988, ISSN  0185-1276 , pp. 255-260.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogy of the Mendiola family with a picture of the family members.
  2. ↑ Personajes Ilustres: Vicente Mendiola Quezada (Spanish), entry on Chalco's website.
  3. ↑ Arq. Vicente Mendiola Quezada  ( 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.vanoye.com  
personal data
SURNAME Mendiola Quezada, Vicente
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican architect and painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias
DATE OF DEATH 1986
Place of death Mexico city