Cordelia Urueta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cordelia Urueta

Mexican artist

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1908

Place of Birth: Coyoacán, Mexico

Date of Death: 03-Nov-1995

Profession: painter

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Cordelia Urueta

  • Cordelia Urueta Sierra (b.
  • September 16, 1908 (Coyoacán)– d.
  • November 3, 1995 (Mexico City)) was a Mexican artist best known for her use of color and abstraction but still retaining frequent reference to the human form.
  • She was born into an intellectual and artistic family, related to painter David Alfaro Siqueiros and educator Justo Sierra.
  • Her father, writer and diplomat JesĂşs Urueta Siqueiros, died when she was eleven with her health becoming quite poor afterwards.
  • She began drawing when she was a child, mostly portraits with Dr.
  • Atl noticing her talent.
  • She did not have extensive formal training but became an art teacher, meeting a number of contemporary Mexican artists, including her husband Gustavo Montoya.
  • After a time in Paris and New York, she returned to Mexico permanently in 1950 to dedicate herself to painting, exhibiting extensively in Mexico and abroad mostly in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • She was offered the Premio Nacional de Arte but rejected it.

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