German Cueto was born either today or yesterday, in 1893, in Mexico City. His father was from Spain and when the Mexican Revolution broke out, he fled there to escape the violence. Cueto had been studying chemistry, but once in Spain was persuaded to pursue art instead. Later he studied in Paris. Initially his art was influenced by the Mexican Revolution but he moved away from that toward an European abstract influence. He created sculpture and masks, becoming one of the first Mexicans to create using found objects (wire, wood, scraps, etc.)
He was member of the Stridentism movement (art and intellect) in Mexico, rejecting strictures and instead focusing on a futuristic utopia. German Cueto was frustrated with his lack of success at fame during his lifetime, since he did not work in the preferred historical style. He did, however, become known as one of Mexico's premier vanguard artists after his death.
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