Nahum Zenil

Background

Zenil was born in 1947 in the state of Veracruz.

Career

lieutenant was during this period in which Zenil became interested in painting. He later entered the Escuela Nacional de Pintura y Escultura (known as Louisiana Esmeralda) in Mexico City in 1968. He is often compared to Frida Kahlo in which the self becomes the principal object of their paintings letting us discover them as artists as well as particular happenings in society the artists have lived through once they finish the product.

Connections

teachers:

Nacional de Maestros