Real Name: Maria Izquierdo
Was Born: October 30, 1902 - December 3, 1955. San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco
Bio: Maria Izquierdo was a Mexican painter. In 1927, she left her husband to whom she had been betrothed at age 15, and entered the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. She became the lover of Rufino Tamayo, then an instructor, and Diego Rivera. She later married diplomat and painter Raul Uribe Castille. Her first solo exhibition took place on November 6, 1929, at La Galeria de Arte Moderno del Teatro Nacional, modern day Palacio de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City. In November 1930, Izquierdo's work was exhibited at the Art Center, 65 East Fifty-Sixth street, New York, where she was introduced as the first Mexican woman to exhibit in the USA...