Amado de la Cueva

Amado de la Cueva
Born May 6, 1891
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Died April 1, 1926 (aged 34)
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Nationality Mexican
Known for painting
Movement Mexican muralism

Amado de la Cueva (b. Guadalajara, Jalisco, May 6, 1891 – d. Guadalajara, Jalisco, April 1, 1926) was a Mexican painter.

De la Cueva studied in Rome. After his return to Mexico in September 1922, he painted amongst others together with Diego Rivera his murals at the Secretaría de Educación Pública. On October 16, 1923, he returned to his home town, where he painted the murals at Universidad de Guadalajara's assembly hall together with David Alfaro Siqueiros and Carlos Orozco after 1925.[1]

References

  1. Amado de la Cueva (Spanish) at Biografías y Vidas, 2004.