Woman from Tehuantepec
Rose Rolanda (1895 – 1970)
Rosa Rolanda (1895-1970): Amerikanische Tänzerin, Fotografin & Malerin. Bekannt für farbenfrohe Folklore, Porträts mexikanischer Kultur & surrealistische Selbstporträts.
Many Mexican artists active in the first decades of the twentieth century portrayed Tehuana women from Oaxaca, as well as women from other regions, wearing traditional Indigenous attire, which operated as a symbol of national identity. Diego Rivera painted many such images for, among other projects, the murals at the Secretaría de Educación Pública in Mexico City (1923–1928). This painting by Miguel Covarrubias also champions Mexicanness, but in the framework of anthropological research on Zapotec culture. The figure in
Über dieses Kunstwerk
- Titel: Woman from Tehuantepec
- Künstler: Rose Rolanda
- Jahr: 1945
- Format: Portrait
- Urheberrechtlicher Status: Urheberrechtlich geschützt
- Kontext des Korpus: man ray (surrealism) , portrayal of mexican life
- Schlagworte: traditional attire , hispanic art style , watercolor painting
- Farbton: Green Spectrum
- Farbintensität: Balanced
- Empfundene Helligkeit: bright

