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DiaporamaWoman from Tehuantepec
Rose Rolanda (1895 – 1970)
Rosa Rolanda (1895-1970) was a multidisciplinary American artist – dancer, photographer & painter. Known for colorful folkloric scenes, portraits of Mexican culture, and surrealist self-portraits influenced by Man Ray.
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
About this artwork
- Title: Woman from Tehuantepec
- Artist: Rose Rolanda
- Year: 1945
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Corpus context: man ray (surrealism) , portrayal of mexican life
- Keywords: traditional attire , hispanic art style , watercolor painting
- Color hue: Green Spectrum
- Color intensity: Balanced
- Perceived brightness: bright
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