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Electa Arenal

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with her family, where she opened an artists workshop. Some of her best known mural works are located in Cuba including, Canto a la Revolución (1962), Atomos y Niños (1963), Revolución Cubana (1965), Infancia (1963), Maternidad (1964) and Palomas (1965). Electa did not sign her works.
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She died on June 12, 1969, when she fell from a scaffold while assisting muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros in the making of the mural
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and Luis Leopoldo Arenal. Her sister Sandra Arenal Huerta, was a known activist, feminist and writer. Her mother was part of the
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mural team. David Alfaro Siqueiros was Arenal's father's brother in law and her uncle.
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Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" alumni
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North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary
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Arenal returned to Mexico in 1965, and started working with artist
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As a child she lived between 1941 and 1945 (during a portion of
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Elena Electa Arenal y Huerta was born on May 16, 1935, in
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Arenal assisted her mother on frescoes painted at the
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Franco Sáenz, Héctor; Cepeda Obregón, Martín (2012).
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Marcha de la Humanidad en la tierra y hacia el Cosmos
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(2013). 127: 339:"The Great Women of Muralism in Mexico" 596: 294:El monumento a las Pascuas Sangrientas 284:, Polyclinic of Velasco, Velasco, Cuba 192: 201:in Coahuila, Mexico and she assisted 574: 572: 570: 568: 566: 515: 513: 511: 484: 482: 480: 401: 399: 397: 395: 393: 391: 365: 363: 361: 359: 333: 331: 329: 327: 135:(1965) mural, found in Holguin, Cuba 235: 13: 14: 645: 563: 508: 488: 477: 388: 356: 324: 583:[Electa Rediscovered]. 538: 453: 426: 207:Estadio Olímpico Universitario 205:on the exterior murals of the 1: 547:"Holguín seeks Electa Arenal" 318: 251:In June 2019, the exhibition 144:Elena Electa Arenal y Huerta, 619:Academy of San Carlos alumni 246:Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros 30:Elena Electa Arenal y Huerta 7: 10: 650: 579:Pena Pupo, Erian (2019). 216:In 1961, Arenal moved to 168:Taller de Gráfica Popular 118: 110: 100: 92: 80: 70: 54: 25: 18: 624:Artists from Mexico City 527:(in Spanish). 2019-03-20 377:(in Spanish). 2014-05-20 150:Early life and education 634:Mexican women muralists 258: 213:between 1952 and 1954. 160:Mexican Communist Party 114:Gustavo Vargas Escoboza 436:Maestros de Nuevo León 230:David Alfaro Siqueiros 209:(Olympic Stadium) and 136: 581:"Electa reencontrada" 497:(in European Spanish) 268:Canto a la Revolución 187:Academy of San Carlos 131: 87:Academy of San Carlos 74:Electa Arenal Huerta, 164:Elena Huerta Muzquiz 76:Electa Arenal Vargas 211:Insurgentes Theater 193:Career and mid-life 65:Mexico City, Mexico 489:Pérez, Katherine. 137: 629:Mexican muralists 312:Revolución Cubana 253:Buscando a Electa 133:Revolución Cubana 126: 125: 641: 589: 588: 576: 561: 560: 558: 557: 542: 536: 535: 533: 532: 517: 506: 505: 503: 502: 486: 475: 474: 457: 451: 450: 430: 424: 423: 403: 386: 385: 383: 382: 367: 354: 353: 351: 350: 335: 248:in Mexico City. 236:Death and legacy 158:, Mexico into a 105:Mexican muralism 96:Artist, Muralist 71:Other names 61: 39: 37: 16: 15: 649: 648: 644: 643: 642: 640: 639: 638: 594: 593: 592: 577: 564: 555: 553: 543: 539: 530: 528: 519: 518: 509: 500: 498: 487: 478: 471: 459: 458: 454: 447: 431: 427: 420: 404: 389: 380: 378: 369: 368: 357: 348: 346: 337: 336: 325: 321: 261: 238: 195: 162:family, artist 152: 85: 75: 66: 63: 59: 50: 41: 35: 33: 32: 31: 21: 12: 11: 5: 647: 637: 636: 631: 626: 621: 616: 611: 606: 591: 590: 562: 537: 507: 476: 470:978-6076052556 469: 452: 445: 425: 418: 387: 355: 343:Mexicanist.com 322: 320: 317: 316: 315: 309: 303: 297: 291: 285: 278:Atomos y Niños 275: 260: 257: 237: 234: 194: 191: 151: 148: 124: 123: 120: 116: 115: 112: 108: 107: 102: 98: 97: 94: 90: 89: 82: 78: 77: 72: 68: 67: 64: 62:(aged 34) 56: 52: 51: 42: 29: 27: 23: 22: 19: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 646: 635: 632: 630: 627: 625: 622: 620: 617: 615: 612: 610: 607: 605: 602: 601: 599: 586: 582: 575: 573: 571: 569: 567: 552: 548: 541: 526: 522: 516: 514: 512: 496: 492: 485: 483: 481: 472: 466: 462: 456: 448: 446:9786077577867 442: 438: 437: 429: 421: 419:9781135638894 415: 412:. 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Mexico City
Mexico
Academy of San Carlos
Mexican muralism
Revolución Cubana (1965) mural, found in Holguin, Cuba
Mexico City
Mexican Communist Party
Elena Huerta Muzquiz
Taller de Gráfica Popular
World War II
Soviet Union
Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado
Academy of San Carlos
Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro
Diego Rivera
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Insurgentes Theater
Holguín
Cuba
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros
Puerto Padre
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