Germán Cueto [SEP] place of birth
Germán Cueto
Germán Cueto (February 8 or 9, 1883, Mexico City – February 14, 1975) was a Mexican artist. He was part of the initial wave of artistic activity following the Mexican Revolution. However, his stay in Europe from 1927 to 1932 moved him into more European and more abstract work, especially sculpture. While he had a number of exhibitions in Mexico during his life including a retrospective at the Museo de Arte Moderno in 1965, he did not have the kind of success that many of his
His first work of this type was a cover for the book "Plebe" by Germán List Arzubide in 1925. Most of his engraving work was related to his political activities. He later taught these skills same at the Centros de Pintura Populares. In 1932, he created a theatre group at the Palacio de Bellas Artes with Germán Cueto, Lola Cueto and Roberto Lago and became head of the Children’s Theater department of the Secretaría de la Educación Pública in 1934. He also taught at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes and