Isabel Villaseñor

Isabel 'Chabela' Villaseñor (Guadalajara, 18 May 1909 - Mexico City, 13 March 1953) was a noted post-revolutionary Mexican sculptor, printmaker, painter, poet, and songwriter.[1]

Biography

Villaseñor was born in the city of Guadalajara. In 1928, she enrolled as a student of sculpture in Mexico City's 'Centro Popular de Pintura Santiago Rebull,' where she studied under the school's founder, Gabriel Fernández Ledesma, and artist Francisco Diaz de Leon.

Villaseñor later married Ledesma.[2] She died of a heart attack in 1953.[3]

Work

In 1930, Villaseñor was one of only two female artists represented in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art seminal show, Mexican Arts. In 1931, Villaseñor served as a missionary instructor in the state of Hidalgo.[4] That same year, she had her first solo exhibition at the National Library of Mexico.[5] She participated in the activities of ¡30-30!, an artists collective known for its anti-academic and revolutionary themes.

Her work was also shown at the 1943 Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition, Mexican Art Today. Her work was also likely shown at the 1940 New York Museum of Modern Art exhibition, Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art.[6]

Villaseñor's sculptures are made of metal and wood. Her personal life is reflected in her work, including the death of her son in 1934, and her relationship with her daughter, Olinca.

In 1953, noted Mexican painter María Izquierdo described Villaseñor as one of two of "the only real Mexicans in their work," along with Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.[6]

Literary productions
  • Theatrical piece in verse Elena the traicionera (1929).[2]
  • Script for the ballet The maleficio (1948) which premièred posthumously in 1954 with choreography by Elena Noriega, music by Blas Galindo and designs by Fernández Ledesma.[2]

Exhibitions

References
  1. "Description: Mujer del Istmo peinando a Isabel Villaseñor (Woman of the isthmus combing Isabel Villaseñor's hair)". The J. Paul Getty Museum: Collection. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. "Gabriel Fernández Ledesma (biography)". British Museum. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  3. Sylvia Navarrete: Isabel Villaseñor (español).
  4. "Isabel Villaseñor. Impresión sobre Piedra Litográfica "Oaxaqueña". Obra Gráfica. Biografia". www.aceroarte.com. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  5. Barragán, Ismael. "Pintores Mexicanos - Fomento de las Artes de Jalisco". www.fomentar.com. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  6. Deffebach, Nancy (2015-08-15). María Izquierdo and Frida Kahlo: Challenging Visions in Modern Mexican Art. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9781477300503.
  7. Tibol, Raquel (17 October 1998). "Exposicion Biografica sobre Chabela Villaseñor". Proceso. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

Bibliography

Tibol, Raquel (17 October 1998). «Biographical exhibition on Chabela Villaseñor». Process. Consulted the 11 June 2016.

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