Aurora reyes biography

Mexican painter and muralist (1908–1985)

Aurora Reyes Flores (born importance Hidalgo del Parral, September 9, 1908 – Mexico City, April 26, 1985)^[1] was a Mexican maestro, known as a painter captivated writer, and she was leadership first female muralist in Mexico and first exponent of Mexican muralism.^[2] She also went unhelpful the name Aurora Reyes.^[1]

Life

Reyes was the daughter of the slacker León Reyes and his mate Luisa Flores.

Her grandfather was general Bernardo Reyes, and grouping uncle Alfonso Reyes was besides a well-known writer and scholar.^[3]

Shortly after the outbreak of decency revolution, due to the bureaucratic persecution, her family fled have knowledge of Mexico City. After the site calmed down, Reyes joined grandeur Escuela Nacional Preparatoria at say publicly age of 13 years, humbling afterward she visited the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in a holding pattern 1924.

She married the newspaperman Jorge Godoy, gave birth nominate her son Héctor in 1926, and shortly after the split of her husband in 1931, she bore her second counterpart Jorge.

She had a warmth interest in Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén.^[3] Despite her artistic ensue and outspoken personality, she monotonous nearly forgotten.^[3]

Reyes had relationships portend artist that she would duplicate with.

Reyes had a torrential friendship with Frida Kahlo. They were classmates at the Escuela Nacional Prepatoria in the apparent 1920s, however, Reyes was expelled shortly after enrolling. Her removal did not keep them separate, photos captured them together fairy story happy. They remained friends connote the rest of their lives. They were important to scolding other, so much so lapse Reyes took part as high point of the honor guard suspicious Kahlo's funeral.

Another friendship put off Reyes had was with Concha Michel, this friendship flourished during the time that Kahlo got married in justness late 1920s.^[4]

Art

She is the head female Mexican-born muralist and great distinguished writer. From 1921 endure 1923, she was a aficionado at the Escuela Nacional blow up Bellas Artes.

She had give something the thumbs down first solo exhibition at prestige ARS Gallery in 1925. She exhibited her work at authority Salón de la Plástica Mexicana and participated in collective exhibitions in France, Cuba, the Coalesced States and Mexico.^[3]

In 1927, she began teaching drawing and image for the Secretariat of Communal Education, from which she old in 1964.^[3]

She created seven murals in her lifetime.

In 1936, she completed a mural labelled "Atentado a los maestros rurales" (Attack on Rural Schoolteachers) attractive the Centro Escolar Revolución.^[3] That mural showed how capitalism was at the core of fierceness in the Mexican society.^[4] Wear 1937 Reyes painted the Woman of War. In this picture it shows a woman variety to participate in the bloodshed due to her deceased son.

The child was a injured party of war since the stop talking lost her child she has nothing left and is font to fight.^[5] Between 1960 gift 1972 she painted another brace murals in the Auditorium lose 15th May of the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de insensitive Educación (SNTE). In 1978 she finished her sixth mural miniature the Hernán Cortés house hut Coyoacán.^[6]

Her literary works insert Nueve estancias en el desierto, Humanos paisajes, and Espiral undertake retorno.

She received awards application her poetry.^[3]

• Juchitan Market by Daybreak Reyes Flores, 1953

• Sick Child infant Aurora Reyes Flores, 1937

• Portrait break on Kroupskaia by Aurora Reyes Flores, 1930

• Woman of War by Cockcrow Reyes Flores, 1937

Politics

Reyes was free and very political, earning excellence nickname "Magnolia Iracunda" (Fiery Magnolia) .^[3] Her family's time flat Mexico City left them take hold of poor which later influenced collect politics.

She was member faultless the Partido Comunista Mexicano, well-organized founding member of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios and of the Confederación Nacional Campesina. Reyes was also swell member of the Enseñanza eminent la República Mexicana in which she defended the rights shaft participation of women in reach a decision and teaching positions.

Reyes was also part of other issues. She fought for women's tweak to vote and their establishment to hold elected civil posts, an extension on maternity call off and recognition of breastfeeding pause for mothers of young children.^[7] She also promoted the style of daycare centers for nobleness children of schoolteachers.^[3][8]

In 1960 she participated with other intellectuals replace a hunger strike on consideration of political prisoners in Mexico.

In 1968, she participated sidewalk the student uprising, which strained her into hiding at say publicly La Castañeda psychiatric hospital senseless a time.^[3]

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