Antonieta Figueroa is a Mexican painter who lives in Mexico City. Born in 1934, she studied at La Esmeralda Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado in the late 1950s. She studied under

Manuel Rodríguez Lozano Manuel Rodríguez Lozano (December 4, 1896 – March 27, 1971) was a List of Mexican artists, Mexican painter, known for his “melancholy” depiction of Mexico rather than the more dominant political or festive one of the Mexican muralism movem ...

and Carlos Orozco Romero.

Career

Figuero had her first solo show in 1970 at the United Nations in Washington, D.C. In 1973 La Galería Arvil exhibited her work and subsequently represented her for the next decade. The

Museo de Arte Moderno The Museo de Arte Moderno (Museum of Modern Art) is located in Chapultepec park, Mexico City, Mexico. The museum is part of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura and provides exhibitions of national and international contemporary a ...

displayed Figueroa's work in 1981 in an exhibition entitled ''Correspondencias'' and published an exhibition catalogue of the same name. Seven years later in 1988 the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil ran a

solo exhibition A solo show or solo exhibition is an exhibition of the work of only one artist. The artwork may be paintings, drawings, etchings, collage, sculpture, or photography. The creator of any artistic technique may be the subject of a solo show. Other s ...

entitled ''Horas de agua''. Her work is in the permanent collection of several museums, including the Museo Tamayo.

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