Juan O'Gorman: A Confluence of Civilizations by Catherine Nixon Cooke
By Catherine Nixon Cooke
Juan O'Gorman used to be a not just a painter and a muralist, a mosaic artist, a critic, and a professor, yet he was once additionally an architect and a innovative; almost certainly most famed for his shut friendship with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and as fashion designer in their notorious two-house studio in Mexico CityCasa Azullinked by means of a symbolic bridge.
To have fun San Antonio's "HemisFair" Exposition in 1968, Juan created the enormous mosaic mural that also embellishes one wall of the Lila Cockrell Theater alongside San Antonio's famed River stroll. The layout plans for the 5 ton mosaic measured 2600 sq. toes and consisted of 540 numbered panels, each one weighting approximately ninety pounds.
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