Journalist, art patron and promoter Alma Reed was actually born in the US in 1897. From San Francisco, she was to marry Yucatan governor but before their marriage he was assassinated. She moved to Mexico to work as a journalist and also lived in the Middle East. After becoming enamored with the work of Mexican muralist, Jose Clemente Orozco, she set up a one man show in 1928. She became his promoter and primary patron. Reed eventually set up her studio in New York and it was the meeting place for many figures in the arts. While Reed was the patron for many Mexican artists, her first and foremost was Orozco.
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