Amado de la Cueva

Amado de la Cueva (May 6, 1891, in Guadalajara, Jalisco – April 1, 1926, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) was a Mexican painter. De la Cueva studied in Rome. After his return to Mexico in September 1922, he painted amongst others together with Diego Rivera his murals at the Secretaría de Educación Pública. On October 16, 1923, he returned to his home town, where he painted the murals at Universidad de Guadalajara's assembly hall together with David Alfaro Siqueiros and Carlos Orozco after 1925.

Biography

Early life and education Amado de la Cueva lived together with Xavier Guerrero in the city of Guadalajara during their adolescence. They both also enrolled in medical school to practice autopsies.

Amado de la Cueva was sent to Europe to further his studies by Basilio Vadillo (governor of the state at the time), which he focused mainly in Rome. His education cumulated in a marvelous tour across Spain, France, and Italy before his return home.

Career In 1921, Amado de la cueva was still in Europe at this time. Although details are unclear, it was noted that Amado de la Cueva, alongside Carlos Mérida, showed their work at the Madrid Autumn Salon of 1921.

On 20 March 1923, Tuesday, a couple days after the official ceremony (which was held on 9 March 1923) of the inauguration of Diego Rivera’s mural Creation at the National Preparatory School, Rivera organized a gathering of his collaborators held by the Syndicate of Technical Workers, Painters, and Sculptors. In the invitation letter, Amado de la Cueva was noted as one of the “expert assistants of the maestro Rivera”.

Artworks

At the Secretariat of Public Education, Amado de la Cueva painted the two panels Dance of the Santiagos and El Torito (The Little Bull). The Little Bull, Fresco, 1926, Secretariat of Public Education Hernán Cortés, Palacio de Gobernación Nuño de Guzmán, Palacio de Gobernación St. Christopher, Palacio de Gobernación Cultivation of the Maize, University of Guadalajara Sugar Cane, University of Guadalajara Agriculture, University of Guadalajara Unity of the Peasant and the Worker, University of Guadalajara The Miner, University of Guadalajara The Potter, University of Guadalajara The Electrical Worker, University of Guadalajara The Legend of Zapata, University of Guadalajara The Triumph of the Revolution, University of Guadalajara