Rina Lazo Wasem (October 23, 1923 – November 1, 2019) was a Guatemalan-Mexican painter, who began her career in mural painting with Diego Rivera as his assistant. She worked with him from 1947 until his death in 1957 on projects both in Mexico and Guatemala. Thereafter she remained an active painter, better known for her mural works than canvases although the latter have been exhibited in Mexico and other countries making her one of Guatemala's better known artists. She was a member of the Mexican muralism movement and while she criticized modern artists as too commercial and not committed to social causes. She believed muralism would revive in Mexico because of its history.
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23 October 1923 Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Died |
1 November 2019 (aged 96) Mexico City, Mexico
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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