Rina Lazo: Guatemalan-Mexican painter and muralist (1923-2019)
Rina Lazo Wasem (October 23, 1923 – November 1, 2019) was a Guatemalan-Mexican painter.
Lazo was born Guatemala City.
She began her career in mural painting with Diego Rivera as his assistant. She worked with him from 1947 until his death in 1957. Lazo was known for her mural works than canvases although the latter have been exhibited in Mexico and other countries making her one of Guatemala's better known artists. She was a member of the Mexican muralism movement.
Lazo died on November 1, 2019 in Mexico City of cardiac arrest at the age of 96. She was married to artist Arturo García Bustos.
References
This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Rina Lazo, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.