Antonieta Figueroa
Mexican artist (born 1934)
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Antonieta Figueroa (born 1934) is a Mexican painter who lives in Mexico City.[1] Figueroa studied at La Esmeralda Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado in the late 1950s.[2] She studied under Manuel Rodríguez Lozano and Carlos Orozco Romero.
Antonieta Figueroa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934 (age 91–92) |
| Education | La Esmeralda Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado |
| Known for | Painting |
Career
Figuero had her first solo show in 1970 at the United Nations in Washington, D.C.[3] In 1973 La Galería Arvil exhibited her work and subsequently represented her for the next decade.[2] The Museo de Arte Moderno displayed Figueroa's work in 1981 in an exhibition entitled Correspondencias and published an exhibition catalogue of the same name.[4] Seven years later in 1988 the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil ran a solo exhibition entitled Horas de agua.[5] Her work is in the permanent collection of several museums, including the Museo Tamayo.[6]