Dolores Olmedo
María de los Dolores Olmedo y Patiño Suarez (December 14, 1908 – July 26, 2002;
Museo Dolores Olmedo
In 1962, she acquired a property at La Noria in Xochimilco, southern Mexico City, which she later converted into a museum named after herself in 1994. Donating her entire collection of art including pre-Hispanic, colonial, folk, modern and contemporary art, the Dolores Olmedo Patiño Museum host the greatest collection of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Angelina Beloff. On her death in 2002, she left funds for taking care of her museum, now open to the public.[2]
The five-building complex contains up to 150 paintings, including 145 Riveras, 25 Kahlos (and some of their scripts and drawings), nearly 6,000 pre-Hispanic figurines and sculptures as well as diverse living animals such as
Tribute
In 2018, a Google Doodle was created to celebrate what would have been her 110th birthday.[3]
References
- ^ "Mi Héroe: Dolores Olmedo biography" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-08-22.
- ^ Museo Dolores Olmedo website.
- ^ "Dolores Olmedo's 110th Birthday". Retrieved 2018-12-14.