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Tree of life at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City, by Oscar Soteno. A Tree of Life (Spanish: Árbol de la vida) is a type of Mexican pottery sculpture traditional in central Mexico, especially in the municipality of State of Mexico. Originally the sculptures depicted the Biblical story of creation, as an aid for teaching it to natives in ...
María Teresa Gertrudis de Jesús Carreño García (December 22, 1853 – June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, soprano, composer, and conductor. [1] Over the course of her 54-year concert career, she became an internationally renowned virtuoso pianist and was often referred to as the " Valkyrie of the Piano". [ 2 ]
Urrusti was a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, and since 1993, she has been a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte. [4] [6] In 2009 and 2012, two books were published about her life and work, Lucinda Urrusti. Pintura de Luz and Lucinta Urrusti: Pintura, escultura y dibujo. The latter traces her work from 1959 to ...
Chinelos performing at the Expo de los Pueblos Indígenas in Mexico City. Chinelos are a kind of traditional costumed dancer which is popular in the Mexican state of Morelos, parts of the State of Mexico and the Federal District of Mexico City, especially the boroughs of Milpa Alta and Xochimilco.
Cabellos de ángel ("Angel Hair"): Big-nosed, half-shaven and potbellied, his hair is like a sea urchin. Chacalito ("Little Jackal"): A criminal character, usually seen in jail or on trial for his crimes, which range from stealing to homicide.
José Trinidad Reyes was born to music teacher Felipe Santiago de Reyes and María Francisca Sevilla in San Miguel County, Tegucigalpa.He was baptized on June 14 of same year, at three days old, by the Reverend Father Fray Nicolás Hermosilla.
Janine Antoni (born January 19, 1964) is a Bahamian–born American artist, who creates contemporary work in performance art, sculpture, and photography.Antoni's work focuses on process and the transitions between the making and finished product, often portraying feminist ideals.
Francisco Manuel Oller y Cestero (June 17, 1833 – May 17, 1917) was a Puerto Rican painter, the only Latin American painter to have played a role in the development of Impressionism.