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German Cueto BIOGRAPHY
1893 Mexico City, Mexico - 1975 Mexico City, Mexico. Known for: Sculpture.
He is considered the renovator of Mexican sculpture of the twentieth century. On the orders of his father, he entered the School of Chemical Sciences in 1910, there he met the sculptor Fidencio Nava,... Read full biography
He is considered the renovator of Mexican sculpture of the twentieth century. On the orders of his father, he entered the School of Chemical Sciences in 1910, there he met the sculptor Fidencio Nava, later he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, but the type of teaching that was taught there... Read full biography
He is considered the renovator of Mexican sculpture of the twentieth century. On the orders of his father, he entered the School of Chemical Sciences in 1910, there he met the sculptor Fidencio Nava, later he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, but the type of teaching that was taught there disappointed him. In 1922 he was assistant of Ignacio Asúnsolo in the renovation of the building of the SEP. But it was not until he joined the group of the Estridentistas, when he found the right means to... Read full biography
He is considered the renovator of Mexican sculpture of the twentieth century. On the orders of his father, he entered the School of Chemical Sciences in 1910, there he met the sculptor Fidencio Nava, later he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, but the type of teaching that was taught there disappointed him. In 1922 he was assistant of Ignacio Asúnsolo in the renovation of the building of the SEP. But it was not until he joined the group of the Estridentistas, when he found the right means to carry out the avant-garde art that interested him. From this period, cardboard masks in bright colors of characters and friends stand out. From 1927 to 1932 he lived in France, where he met and lived with artists such as Mondrian, Torres García,... Read full biography
He is considered the renovator of Mexican sculpture of the twentieth century. On the orders of his father, he entered the School of Chemical Sciences in 1910, there he met the sculptor Fidencio Nava, later he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, but the type of teaching that was taught there disappointed him. In 1922 he was assistant of Ignacio Asúnsolo in the renovation of the building of the SEP. But it was not until he joined the group of the Estridentistas, when he found the right means to carry out the avant-garde art that interested him. From this period, cardboard masks in bright colors of characters and friends stand out. From 1927 to 1932 he lived in France, where he met and lived with artists such as Mondrian, Torres García, Archipenko, Arp and Calder. It is then that he developed his taste for the diversity of materials and the handli... Read full biography
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He is considered the renovator of Mexican sculpture of the twentieth century. On the orders of his father, he entered the School of Chemical Sciences in 1910, there he met the sculptor Fidencio Nava, later he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, but the type of teaching that was taught there disappointed him. In 1922 he was assistant of Ignacio Asúnsolo in the renovation of the building of the SEP. But it was not until he joined the group of the Estridentistas, when he found the right means to carry out the avant-garde art that interested him. From this period, cardboard masks in bright colors of characters and friends stand out.
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