Carlos Orozco Romero , Acuarela “ Mujer con Rebozo“ 1939

Carlos Orozco Romero , Acuarela “ Mujer con Rebozo“ 1939

Hand signed

Size with frame: 68 cm L x 54 cm W x 6 cm H

Size without frame: 54 cm L x 39 cm W

Carlos Orozco Romero (September 3, 1896 – March 29, 1984) was a Mexican cartoonist and painterwho co-founded several cultural institutions in Mexico, including the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda". His work was recognized with membership in the Academia de Artes and the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, and in 1980, with Mexico's Premio Nacional de Arte (National Art Prize).

Orozco Romero created easel works, set design, and costume, along with book illustrations and cartoons for magazines and newspapers. He is one of a generation of artists from the state of Jalisco which included José Clemente Orozco, Dr. Atl, and Roberto Montenegro, who influenced his work. His first teacher, Luis de la Torre, was an important early influence, especially in the creation of landscapes, satirical cartoons, nudes, and portraits. His early work has academic qualities starting from line drawing to watercolors to oils, but his experience in Europe in the early 1920s led to influence from Cubism and Surrealism as well as from the works of Diego Velázquez and Francisco Goya. However, he never attempted to imitate any of the avant garde European movements. Other influences included a passion for pre-Hispanic art as well as his experience in printmaking.

In 1939, while in New York on a Guggenheim Fellowship, Orozco Romero painted Los hilos, considered to be the defining work of his set style. It indicated the characteristics that would identify his work from then on