By Agapito Labios
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A sweet and nieve painting of a young girl in traditional dress, portrayed with a pale yellow and green colours thickly applied with white paint in a lace pattern. The young girl in holding a flower.
Agapito Labios (Mexican 1898-1996) "Carnaval de Ninas Mexicanas" signed to corner. 42 x 32cm.
Born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico in 1898, Labios would go on to start his career in a most turbulent time in Mexico. From 1910 to 1920 the Mexican Revolution took place, which saw Francisco I. Madero, a wealthy land owner, Challenge Porfirio Díaz who had been in power for 35 years. Díaz won the fixed election which lead to an armed conflict which overthrew Díaz and a new election was held in 1911, which brought Madero to the presidency.
Labios' active role in the Mexican Revolution landed him in jail. It was here that he started painting on his jail cell...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Agapito Labios Furniture