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Toledo, Francisco (b.1940)

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Name
Toledo, Francisco (b.1940)
Nationality
Mexican
Biography
Active in Oaxaca, and well-known not only for his work, but for his cultural patronage. His paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, tapestries, pottery, and photographs drew on his indigenous Zapotec heritage as well as American Expressionism. He began studying art in Oaxaca at the age of twelve before moving to Mexico City at seventeen to study printmaking at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. In 1960 Toledo moved to Paris, where he formed mentorships with Rufino Tamayo and the poet Octavio Paz. After traveling in Europe he returned to Mexico where he eventually founded the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca in 1988, and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO) in 1992, and several libraries. He was an activist in Oaxaca, protecting green spaces and preventing the construction of a McDonald’s in the Oaxaca Zócalo.
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Assets (36 in total)

Tea Cat; Gato del te, 1978 (oil, ink and sand on masonite)
Self Portrait, c.1975 (watercolour and ink on paper)
Vaca Mala (oil and sand on board)
Fish Woman, 1969 (oil and sand on paper laid on masonite)
Mascara (watercolour and pen and ink on paper)
Cat, 1979 (oil and sand on canvas)
Self-Portrait; Autorretrato (mixed media on linen laid down on masonite)
Cafe Ilus (gouache, sand and pen and black ink on heavy paper)
The Young Goat (The Kid) (gouache and pen and black ink on heavy paper)
Copper Bat; Murcielago cobrizo, 2002 (gouache and copper leaf on paper)
Self-portrait; Autorretrato (gouach and pen and black ink on paper)
The Red Table (gouache, sand and pen and black ink on heavy paper)
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