Ruth D. Lechuga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ruth D. Lechuga

Mexican anthropologist

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1920

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 19-Sep-2004

Profession: photographer, physician, anthropologist

Nationality: Austria, Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Ruth D. Lechuga

  • Ruth D.
  • Lechuga (1920–2004) was an Austrian-born, naturalized Mexican citizen who became a physician and a collector of Mexican folk art.
  • Her interest led her to produce anthropological studies on the cultures of the different states of Mexico.
  • She gave up her medical lab work to work in anthropology, curating several museum collections.
  • Lechuga published research on indigenous Mexican culture and craftwork.
  • Her ethnographic photographs earned her notice as one of the major professionals in the field.
  • Her private collection of 20,000 ethnographic photographs and over 10,000 artifacts were donated upon her death to the magazine Artes de México and the Franz Mayer Museum.
  • Several posthumous showings of the collection have taken place and in 2016, a research center bearing her name was opened in the former basement of the Franz Mayer Museum.

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