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Horacio Renteria Rocha BIOGRAPHY
1912 Durango - 1972 Ciudad de México. Known for: Painting.
Horacio Rentería, whose real name was Jose Melitón, was born in Durango and was a prolific self-taught painter. From an early age he showed faculties for the arts, mainly drawing and watercolor, the... Read full biography
Horacio Rentería, whose real name was Jose Melitón, was born in Durango and was a prolific self-taught painter. From an early age he showed faculties for the arts, mainly drawing and watercolor, the latter being the one he would perfect in his early works. His most representative works portray... Read full biography
Horacio Rentería, whose real name was Jose Melitón, was born in Durango and was a prolific self-taught painter. From an early age he showed faculties for the arts, mainly drawing and watercolor, the latter being the one he would perfect in his early works. His most representative works portray various characters of society (mainly children) portrayed in the nineteenth century fashion, and incorporating various elements characteristic of the traditional Mexican environment. Rentería had a vision... Read full biography
Horacio Rentería, whose real name was Jose Melitón, was born in Durango and was a prolific self-taught painter. From an early age he showed faculties for the arts, mainly drawing and watercolor, the latter being the one he would perfect in his early works. His most representative works portray various characters of society (mainly children) portrayed in the nineteenth century fashion, and incorporating various elements characteristic of the traditional Mexican environment. Rentería had a vision of his time with nostalgic nuances of past centuries. Horacio Renteria passed away in 1972. References: Lara Cantu, Lupina (Editor) (May 1997). "Horacio Rentería Rocha". Abstract: Painters and Mexican Painting. (No. 29), pp. 14-22.... Read full biography
Horacio Rentería, whose real name was Jose Melitón, was born in Durango and was a prolific self-taught painter. From an early age he showed faculties for the arts, mainly drawing and watercolor, the latter being the one he would perfect in his early works. His most representative works portray various characters of society (mainly children) portrayed in the nineteenth century fashion, and incorporating various elements characteristic of the traditional Mexican environment. Rentería had a vision of his time with nostalgic nuances of past centuries. Horacio Renteria passed away in 1972. References: Lara Cantu, Lupina (Editor) (May 1997). "Horacio Rentería Rocha". Abstract: Painters and Mexican Painting. (No. 29), pp. 14-22.
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Horacio Rentería, whose real name was Jose Melitón, was born in Durango and was a prolific self-taught painter.
From an early age he showed faculties for the arts, mainly drawing and watercolor, the latter being the one he would perfect in his early works.
His most representative works portray various characters of society (mainly children) portrayed in the nineteenth century fashion, and incorporating various elements characteristic of the traditional Mexican environment.
Rentería had a vision of his time with nostalgic nuances of past centuries.
Horacio Renteria passed away in 1972.
References: Lara Cantu, Lupina (Editor) (May 1997). "Horacio Rentería Rocha". Abstract: Painters and Mexican Pai...But wait, there's more...
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