Manuel Rodríguez Lozano Ink Drawing of Reclining Male Nude, 1935

Item Details

Manuel Rodríguez Lozano (Mexican, 1896 – 1971)
Untitled (reclining male nude), 1935
Ink drawing on paper
Signed to the lower right
Dedicated to Bjorn Prytz to the lower right

Manuel Rodríguez Lozano was born to a wealthy family in Mexico City in 1896. He began preparing for a military career at a young age, but changed course and began to paint instead. He studied at the Academy of San Carlos under Germán Gedovius and Alfredo Ramos Martínez for a brief period. He married, and soon after was exiled to Europe for political reasons, living first in Paris and then Spain. While in Europe he had the opportunity to meet and be influenced by Matisse, Braque and Picasso. After returning to Mexico in 1921, separated from his wife, he painted, exhibited his work, and began teaching, and in 1940 was appointed as the director of the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas. He invited notable artists including Diego Rivera and Antonio M. Ruíz to teach at the school, and helped develop it into the center of intellectual life in Mexico City. Many of Lozano’s work reside in the collection of The National Museum of Mexican Art.

Condition

- toning and slight warping to paper; minor marks to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 25.25" W x 19.25" H.

Item #

ITMG420655