Blanton Museum of Art - Retrato de una mujer con perfil azteca [Portrait of a Woman with an Aztec Profile]

Retrato de una mujer con perfil azteca [Portrait of a Woman with an Aztec Profile]

1940
20th century
30.5 cm x 23.2 cm (12 in. x 9 1/8 in.)

Carlos Orozco Romero (Guadalajara, 1898 - 1984, México D.F.) Primary

Object Type: painting

Artist Nationality: Latin America, Mexican

Medium and Support: Oil on board

Credit Line: Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Thomas Cranfill, 1977

Accession Number: 1977.90

Carlos Orozco Romero played an important role in the development and leadership of a number of Mexican cultural institutions, including the art gallery of the Palacio de Bellas Artes [Palace of Fine Arts]. Although he worked as a caricaturist early in his career, Orozco Romero was also a dedicated painter. In “Portrait of a Woman with an Aztec Profile,” the artist’s experience with Cubism features subtly, lending a faceted appearance to the areas of light and shadow projected on the subject’s face. Reminiscent of classical portraiture, this work also asserts a noble indigenous heritage in the construction of modern Mexican identity.

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Mexican Paintings