Born in Guatemala City on October 23, 1923, Rina Lazo came to Mexico to study on scholarship, in 1945 at La Esmeralda. She became a student and assistant to Diego Rivera and through him met her husband, Arturo Garcia Bustos. He was a student of Frida Kahlo's, one of the "Los Fridos" and they married in 1949.
Lazo worked in collaboration with Rivera until his death in 1957. As a result, her career was focused on mural painting and she was also a fervent Mexican Communist Party member. As a participant in the Mexican muralism movement, she believes that artists have a responsibility to impart social and political messages to the public. In addition to her painting, Lazo was a teacher, conducting classes, workshops and lectures. She has won numerous prizes and awards and her work is displayed all over the world.
Today I am including a section of a mural Rina Lazo created of "Maya Life" a reproduction of a Pre-Columbian mural located in Bonampak...The project was completed using the "fresco" technique on movable panels (to be used for a TV production). The murals there are noteworthy for their depiction of war and human sacrifice, derailing the belief that the Maya was a peaceful culture of mystics.
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