Arturo Estrada Hernández
Mexican artist
Arturo Estrada Hernández (born July 30, 1925) is a Mexican painter, one of a group of Frida Kahlo’s students called “Los Fridos.” Estrada is mostly known for his mural work, which remains faithful to the figurative style and ideology of Mexican muralism. He has created murals in various parts of Mexico in both public and private places, including a 1988 mural found in the Centro Médico metro station in Mexico City. He has also taught classes at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda", where he was a student, since 1948 and continues to give classes there and other venues. He lives in his birthplace: Panindicuaro, Michoacán.
Life
He was born in Panindícuaro, Michoacán. When he was a child he began to learn art at the workshop of Miguel Moreno.
In 1941, at age seventeen he moved to Mexico City to study high school. At the same time, he studied at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" along with Jorge Chávez Carrillo under Diego Rivera, Raúl Anguiano, José Chávez Morado and Frida Kahlo. In 1943, Antonio M. Ruiz became director of La Esmeralda and Estrada moved on to become one of Frida Kahlo's private students. They were a group of four which also included Arturo García Bustos, Guillermo Monroy and Fanny Rabel.
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