Aurora Reyes Flores
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Interview with author Hector Godoy about the artist (in Spanish) | |
| Born | September 9, 1908 Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes |
| Known for | painting |
| Notable work | "Atentado a los Maestros Rurales" |
| Movement | Mexican muralism |
Aurora Reyes Flores (born in
Life
Reyes was the daughter of the soldier León Reyes and his wife Luisa Flores. Her grandfather was general Bernardo Reyes, and her uncle Alfonso Reyes was also a well-known writer and scholar.[3]
Shortly after the outbreak of the
She had a love interest in Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén.[3] Despite her artistic success and outspoken personality, she died nearly forgotten.[3]
Reyes had relationships with artist that she would parallel with. Reyes had a strong friendship with Frida Kahlo. They were classmates at the Escuela Nacional Prepatoria in the early 1920s, however, Reyes was expelled shortly after enrolling. Her expulsion did not keep them apart, photos captured them together and happy. They remained friends for the rest of their lives. They were important to each other, so much so that Reyes took part as part of the honor guard at Kahlo’s funeral. Another friendship that Reyes had was with Concha Michel, this friendship flourished when Kahlo got married in the late 1920s.[4]
Art
She is the first female Mexican-born muralist and a distinguished writer. From 1921 to 1923, she was a student at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. She had her first solo exhibition at the ARS Gallery in 1925. She exhibited her work at the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana and participated in collective exhibitions in France, Cuba, the United States and Mexico.[3]
In 1927, she began teaching drawing and painting for the Secretariat of Public Education, from which she retired in 1964.[3]
She created seven murals in her lifetime. In 1936, she completed a mural called “Atentado a los maestros rurales” (Attack on Rural Schoolteachers) at the Centro Escolar Revolución.
Her literary works include Nueve estancias en el desierto, Humanos paisajes, and Espiral en retorno. She received awards for her poetry.[3]
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Juchitan Market by Aurora Reyes Flores, 1953 -
Sick Child by Aurora Reyes Flores, 1937 -
Portrait of Kroupskaia by Aurora Reyes Flores, 1930 -
Woman of War by Aurora Reyes Flores, 1937
Politics
Reyes was outspoken and very political, earning the nickname “Magnolia Iracunda” (Fiery Magnolia) .
In 1960 she participated with other intellectuals in a hunger strike on behalf of political prisoners in Mexico. In 1968, she participated in the student uprising, which forced her into hiding at the La Castañeda psychiatric hospital for a time.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Aurora Reyes fue la primera muralista mexicana". Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- ^ "The Great Women of Muralism in Mexico". Mexicanist.com. 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-889410-05-0.
- ^ a b Mirkin, Dina (Fall–Winter 2019). "Frida Kahlo and Aurora Reyes Painting to the Voice of Concha Michel". Woman's Art Journal.
- ^ Mirkin, Dina (Spring–Summer 2008). "To Paint the Unspeakable: Mexican Female Artists' Iconography of the 1930s and Early 1940s". Woman's Art Journal – via JSTOR.
- ^ Erika Cervantes : La revolución pictórica de Aurora Reyes Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), CimacNoticias, 2003.
- ^ Mirkin, Dina (Autumn 2005 – Winter 2006). "Aurora Reyes's "Ataque a la Maestra Rural": The First Mural Created by a Mexican Female Artist". Woman's Art Journal – via JSTOR.
- ^ Dina Comisarenco Mirkin: Aurora Reyes's "Ataque a la Maestra Rural": The First Mural Created by a Mexican Female Artist, JSTOR, 2005.
External links
- Aurora Reyes (Spanish)Tuvo dos hijos, Héctor, a quien reconoció el periodista Jorge de Godoy cuando se casó con Aurora, y Jorge, quien nace fruto de esa unión.
- Aurora Reyes Flores chronicle at El Barrio Antiguo
- Aurora Reyes Flores Murals
- Aurora Reyes Flores Article at Revistas Unam
- Proceso Article about Aurora Reyes Flores Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Aurora Reyes Flores Exhibit at El Museo Regional del Valle del Fuerte
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