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María De Los Dolores Olmedo Y Patiño Suarez
María de los Dolores Olmedo y Patiño Suarez (December 14, 1908 – July 26, 2002; Mexico City) was a Mexican businesswoman, philanthropist and musician, better known for her friendship with the Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera; she appeared in some of his paintings. Following Rivera's death in 1957, she and Rivera's daughter Guadalupe asked then president Adolfo López Mateos to consider Rivera and José Clemente Orozco's paintings historical monuments. Museo Dolores Olmedo In 1962, she acquired a property at La Noria in Xochimilco, southern Mexico City, which she later converted into a museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ... named after herself in 1994. Donating her entire collection of art including pre-Hispanic, colonial, folk, moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dia De Muertos Altar
DIA or Dia may refer to: Government establishments * Defence Industry Agency, Turkey * Defense Intelligence Agency, United States foreign military intelligence agency * Defence Intelligence Agency (India) Indian foreign military intelligence agency * Defence Intelligence Agency (Nigeria) * Defense Intelligence Agency (South Korea) * Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand public service department * Department of Indian Affairs, Canadian federal department * ''Direzione Investigativa Antimafia'', an Italian law-enforcement agency Organizations and businesses Airports * Davao International Airport (DVO) * Denver International Airport (DEN) * Dubai International Airport (DXB) * Doha International Airport (DIA) * Durban International Airport (DUR) * Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Arts * Design Institute of Australia, Australian design organisation * Detroit Institute of Arts, American art museum * Dia Art Foundation, non-profit arts organization Charit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
