Arturo Estrada Hernández

Arturo Estrada Hernández
Born	July 30, 1925(1925-07-30) Panindícuaro, Michoacán
Nationality	Mexican
Field	painting
Training	"La Esmeralda"
Movement	Mexican muralism
Influenced by	Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera

Arturo Estrada Hernández (b. Panindícuaro, Michoacán, July 30, 1925) is a Mexican painter.

Biography

Estrada studied painting under Miguel Moreno, and after 1942 under Raúl Anguiano, Feliciano Peña and José Chávez Morado at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" in Mexico City. After Antonio M. Ruiz became director of the "La Esmeralda", Estrada became student of Frida Kahlo.^[1] He was also taught by Diego Rivera. In 1946 he finished his studies of painting. Together with Guillermo Monroy and Arturo García Bustos he founded the Artistas Jóvenes Revolucionarios, an association of "young revolutionary artists". Estrada belonged to the last students of Frida Kahlo, and was one of the four so-called "Fridos",^[2] who painted the mural "Pulquería Posada del Sol" with her.

After 1948, he taught at the "La Esmeralda". Also in 1948, he assisted José Clemente Orozco at his mural at the Escuela Normal de Maestros, from 1951 to 1952 he assisted Diego Rivera at his works at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario,a dn in 1953 he assisted Juan O'Gorman at his mosaic "El Aire" at the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas (SCOP). He became member of the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas (FNAP), and in 1954 of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. From 1983 to 1985 he was director of the "La Esmeralda".^[3]

Awards

• "Un Año de Pintura" award, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes
• "Tlacuilo" prize, Salón de la Plástica Mexicana
• William and Noma Copley Grant (Cassandra Foundation), 1954

References and notes

1. ^ Boletín de la Biblioteca de las Artes - Al rescate de la memoria artística de México (Spanish), p. 11.
2. ^ Further members of the "Los Fridos" were Arturo Garcia Bustos, Guillermo Monroy and Fanny Rabel.
3. ^ Details from the artist's website.

External links

• Arturo Estrada in the Ibero-American Institute's catalogue
• Official website

External links

• Arturo Estrada in the Ibero-American Institute's catalogue
• Official website

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Name	Estrada Hernandez, Arturo
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Date of birth	July 30, 1925
Place of birth	Panindícuaro, Michoacán
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