Born today, September 16, 1908, Cordelia Urueta was from Coyoacan. Related to famed David Siqueiros, her family was intellectual as well as artistic. Her father was an art critic. Cordelia became interested in drawing, portraits specifically, at a young age, and she worked with Dr. Atl for a time. She became an art teacher and came to know many in the "art circle". Urueta married fellow artist Gustavo Montoya.
Known for her use of color, abstract artist Urueta also has human references in her painting. It is reported that she felt color best expressed her emotions. Urueta was known as the "Grand Dame of Abstract Art". Her work was exhibited all over Mexico and abroad. I particularly love the freedom expressed in her carefree "Angels" below...
Angeles de la Noche
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