Museo Anahuacalli is a must. Diego Rivera's homage to ancient Mexico — built from volcanic rock, filled with stunning mosaics & pre-Columbian art. Every detail is pure artist. 🏛️🇲🇽
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Presentamos el libro Gilberto Bosques: el hombre que desafió a los nazis este jueves 7 de agosto a las 19 h en el #Anahuacalli. Una charla sobre asilo, memoria y diplomacia con su autor Guillermo López Portillo y grandes invitados. Entrada libre. #GilbertoBosques #MuseoAnahuacalli

a HUGE vintage 1950s original oil on canvas pre-Hispanic Figures painting by Annette Nancarrow from during her many years spent in Mexico. She was a close friend of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo among many other Mexican artists and writers, and collaborated with Rivera on a number of his murals over the years, and I believe that his huge collection of pre-Hispanic figures (which later became the basis for the collection of the Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City) was the inspiration for this artwork. One of the figures (at center left, shown in side profile) even looks like Diego Rivera - see my last photo which is of Diego Rivera in front of a pre-Hispanic temple taken near the end of his life! The second to last photo is of Diego Rivera with part of his collection of pre Columbian objects, and the small crouching figure in front of him holding a pole-like weapon is also the front and center figure in this painting by Nancarrow! This painting would have been completed either just before or just after his death, and I believe that it is an homage to her great friend, his obsession with pre-Hispanic artifacts, and their friendship of so many years! A wonderful and quite vividly painted artwork, and with deep personal meaning for the artist. Nancarrow (1907-1991) was born in NYC on Oct. 13, 1907. She was an Art major at Hunter College and later received her Masters in Fine Arts from Columbia University. She was awarded a scholarship to the National Academy of Design. She married young to an attorney and had a daughter named Cherry. While in New York she became friendly with the "Big Three" Mexican painters: Diego Rivera, who was working at Rockefeller Center, Jose Clemente Orozco who was exhibiting at the Delphic Studios and David Alfaro Siqueiros who was lecturing on the use of industrial paints for wall murals. They encouraged her to visit Mexico, which she did after her exhibition at the Modern Age Gallery. She then moved there permanently a year later. As a painter…

Diego Rivera in front of the Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City that was built to house his enormous collection of pre-Hispanic relics.

Diego Rivera in his home with some of the pre-Hispanic figures in his collection that would later become the collection of the Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City

An original 1950s oil on canvas painting by Annette Nancarrow of Diego Rivera surrounded by his collection of pre-Hispanic figures - click on the link for further details...

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