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[ Antonio C. Ixtamer ] [ Domingo Garcia Criado ] [ Diego Isaias Hernandez Mendez ] [ Emilio Gonzalez Morales ] [ Jose Antonio Gonzalez ] [ Juan Fermin Gonzalez Morales ] [ Lorenzo Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Maria Elena Curruchiche ] [ Maria Teodora Mendez ] [ Mariano Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Matias Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Mario Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Miguel Angel Sunu ] [ Paula Nicho Cumes ] [ Pedro Rafael Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Samuel Cumes Pop ] [ Rafael Gonzalez y Gonzalez ] [ Juan Sisay ] [ Vicenta Puzul ]
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María Elena Curruchiche comes from an
illustrious family of Maya painters. Her grandfather Andrés
Curruchich was the first Kaqchikel Maya oil painter. An
exhibition of his works in 1956 at the de Young Museum in San
Francisco, was the museum’s first blockbuster—on a daily basis
people waited in line to get in. His son Vicente Curruchich,
María’s father, also became a well know painter in Guatemala.
María Elena and her cousin Rosa Elena, both granddaughters of
Andres Curruchich, are the first generation of women artists
from San Juan Comalapa. Shortly after her only daughter
tragically died, María Elena won first place in Guatemala’s most
prestigeous art competition, the Paiz Biennial. Devastated by
the death of her daughter, she stopped working for two years,
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María Elena Curruchiche viene de una ilustre
familia de pintores Mayas. Su abuelo Andrés Curruchiche fue el
primer pintor en óleo de origen Maya Kaqchikel. Una exhibición
de su trabajo en 1956 en el Museo Young de San Francisco, fue la
atracción principal del museo, a diario las personas formaron
largas colas para entrar. Su hijo Vicente Curruchiche, el padre
de María, también se convirtió en un reconocido pintor en
Guatemala. María Elena y su prima Rosa Elena, ambas nietas de
Andrés Curruchiche, son la primera generación de mujeres
artistas en San Juan Comalapa. Poco después de que su única hija
murió trágicamente, María Elena ganó el primer lugar en la
competencia más prestigiosa de Guatemala, La Bienal de Arte Paiz.
Devastada por la muerte de su hija, dejó de trabajar durante dos
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Row 1
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Maria Elena Curruchiche: Navidad
(Christmas), 2007, 12.75" x 16". cat.
CUR-006 |
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Maria Elena Curruchiche: Los Cofrades (Cofradía
Members), ca. 1990, 10.75" x 14.75". cat.
CUR-002 |
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Maria Elena Curruchiche: Baile (Dance), 2007,
9.75" x 13". cat.
CUR-003 |
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Maria Elena Curruchiche: Procesión (Procession), 2007,
12" x 14.25". cat.
CUR-008 |
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Maria Elena Curruchiche: Baile el Son (Dancing
to the Tune), 2002, 9.75" x 11.75". cat.
CUR-001 |
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Maria Elena Curruchiche: Posada, 2007,
12" x 16". cat.
CUR-001 |
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Maria Elena Curruchiche: Comalapa (Market
San Juan Comalapa), 2007, 14" x 16.75". cat.
CUR-004 |
3b. |
Maria Elena Curruchiche: Chicharras (Ornaments),
ca: 1988, 12" x 14". Collection Margot
Blum Shevill, Berkeley, CA. cat.
CUR-005 |
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Maria Elena Curruchiche: San Juan
Comalapa (Kites, San Juan Comalapa), 2007, 12" x 16". cat.
CUR-009 |
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[ Antonio C. Ixtamer ] [ Domingo Garcia Criado ] [ Diego Isaias Hernandez Mendez ] [ Emilio Gonzalez Morales ] [ Jose Antonio Gonzalez ] [ Juan Fermin Gonzalez Morales ] [ Lorenzo Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Maria Elena Curruchiche ] [ Maria Teodora Mendez ] [ Mariano Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Matias Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Mario Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Miguel Angel Sunu ] [ Paula Nicho Cumes ] [ Pedro Rafael Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Samuel Cumes Pop ] [ Rafael Gonzalez y Gonzalez ] [ Juan Sisay ] [ Vicenta Puzul ]
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