Happy Birthday Carmen Mondragon!
Carmen Mondragon, also known as Nahui Olin, was born July 8, 1893, in Tacabuya (now Mexico City). Her father was a general and invented the Mondragon rifle. Carmen received a privileged education, studied in France and moved to Spain with her family when she was 12. She married and after a time in Paris and Spain where they both took up painting. She and her husband moved to Mexico where they separated. Carmen became a model for various Mexican painters such as Diego Rivera, Tina Mondotti, Roberto Montenegro, etc. and also continued her painting. Her portrait work in the "naive" style was distinguished by very large eyes, which it has been said was also the focal point in her own face.
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