Abraham Ángel
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Abraham Ángel Card Valdés (March 7, 1905 – October 27, 1924) was a Mexican
artist known under his first name Abraham Ángel because his Scottish father forbade him to use the surname after he left the family when Abraham Ángel was a child.
where Abraham Angel spent his childhood before he went with his brother to Mexico City at the age of 11. In Mexico City he attended the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (also known as Academia de San Carlos), met Manuel Rodríguez Lozano
in 1921, with whom he had an intensive affair, and gave lessons in drawing based on the methods of Adolfo Best Maugard
.
Abraham Ángel painted portraits, village scenes and landscapes. He used unnaturalistic colours and his paintings were of a naïve style
. He died due to an overdose of morphine
, after he suffered from depression.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
artist known under his first name Abraham Ángel because his Scottish father forbade him to use the surname after he left the family when Abraham Ángel was a child.
Life
After the father left the family the mother went with their children to PueblaPuebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....
where Abraham Angel spent his childhood before he went with his brother to Mexico City at the age of 11. In Mexico City he attended the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (also known as Academia de San Carlos), met Manuel Rodríguez Lozano
Manuel Rodríguez Lozano
Manuel Rodríguez Lozano was a Mexican painter.- Biography :Rodríguez Lozano was born to Manuel Rodríguez and his wife Sara Lozano. He began a military education at the Heroico Colegio Militar, and started a diplomatic service career...
in 1921, with whom he had an intensive affair, and gave lessons in drawing based on the methods of Adolfo Best Maugard
Adolfo Best Maugard
Adolfo Best Maugard also known as Fito Best was a Mexican painter, film director and screenwriter.- Life :...
.
Abraham Ángel painted portraits, village scenes and landscapes. He used unnaturalistic colours and his paintings were of a naïve style
Naïve art
Naïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique. While many naïve artists appear, from their works, to have little or no formal art training, this is often not true...
. He died due to an overdose of morphine
Morphine
Morphine is a potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and first commercially sold by Merck in 1827, which at the time was a single small chemists' shop. It was more...
, after he suffered from depression.