- Lola Cueto
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Dolores "Lola" Cueto Born March 2, 1897
AzcapotzalcoDied January 24, 1978 (aged 80)
Mexico CityNationality Mexican Field painting, printmaking, puppet design Dolores, better known as "Lola" Cueto (b. Azcapotzalco, March 2, 1897 – d. Mexico City, January 24, 1978) was a Mexican painter, printmaker, puppet designer and puppeteer. She always used the last name of her husband, the painter and sculptor Germán Cueto. There is a diverse range of comments on her birth name .
Lola and Gérman Cueto lived in Paris from 1927 and 1932, where they got familiar with the local art scene.[1][2] In Paris they had their first contact with hand puppet design and puppetry. Back in Mexico, they founded a puppet company and toured through the country with their puppet show. In 1936 their paths went separate ways.[3] Lola and Gérman Cueto had two daughters, named Ana Maria and Mireya. Mireya (b. 1922) became also a well-known puppeteer, writer and dramaturg.[4]
Due to her paintings and printworks, Lola Cueto became a renowned member of the Mexican art scene. Her works were shown in several exhibitions in Mexico and abroad. She taught at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), the former Academia de San Carlos.[5] She was also well-known for her puppets and her puppetry at the Teatro Náhuatl. The puppetry became family tradition, and is continued in fourth generation today.
References
- ^ Teresa del Conde: Germán Cueto, vigente (Spanish), La Jornada, October 24, 2006.
- ^ Sede Central: Germán Cueto (Spanish).
- ^ Enrique Franco: La Memoria como vanguardia - Germán Cueto (Spanish), Museo Federico Silva.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura: Mireya Cueto (Spanish)
- ^ Biblioteca de las Artes: Títeres populares mexicanos, Exposicion de Láminas de Lola Cueto
Categories:- Mexican painters
- Printmakers
- National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty
- Puppet designers
- Mexican puppeteers
- Mexican women artists
- People from Mexico City
- 1897 births
- 1978 deaths
- Mexican artist stubs
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