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Miguel Covarrubias, also known as José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (22 November 1904 — 4 February 1957) was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist and art historian. Along with his American colleague Matthew W. Stirling , he was the co-discoverer of the Olmec civilization.
Miguel Duclaud Covarrubias. Born. Mexico City, Mexico. Died. Mexico City, Mexico. Active in. New York, New York, United States. Biography. Mexican-born painter and draftsman. He created popular caricatures for Vanity Fair and the New Yorker and wrote and illustrated books on his travels.
- November 22, 1904
- February 4, 1957
Miguel Covarrubias was a Mexican painter, writer, and anthropologist. Covarrubias received little formal artistic training. In 1923 he went to New York City on a government scholarship, and his incisive caricatures soon began to appear in magazines such as Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
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Miguel Covarrubias, also known as José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (22 November 1904 — 4 February 1957) was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist and art historian. Along with his American colleague Matthew W. Stirling, he was the co-discoverer of the Olmec civilization.
Miguel Covarrubias. Born: November 22, 1904 | Died: February 4, 1957. Biography. Known for his work as an artist and an ethnologist with a keen interest in social and cultural traditions, Miguel Covarrubias was born in Mexico and traveled to New York in 1923.
Learn about Miguel Covarrubias, a Mexican painter, writer, illustrator, and documentarist of Indigenous cultures. See his work El Hueso, a critique of Mexico's modernisation, at the Central Pavilion of Biennale Arte 2024.
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