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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.
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.
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, also known as José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud, was a Mexican artist and intellectual known for his painting, caricature, and illustration. His work often explored caricatures, ethnology, and art history.
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.
Miguel Covarrubias was a painter, writer, illustrator, and documentarist of Indigenous cultures with sharp humour and a satirical eye, whose ethnographic research would greatly impact Mexico’s national identity after the Mexican Revolution.
Miguel Covarrubias was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, ethnologist and art historian. His illustrated writings reflect his deep interest in and profound understanding of the life, customs, and culture of primitive peoples and have gained him recognition well beyond his native Mexico.
Miguel Covarrubias, also known as José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist and art historian. Along with his American...
Artworks. See all 4 artworks ›. Bathers and a Woman Carrying a Basket, n.d. Miguel Covarrubias. Two Native Girls, n.d. Miguel Covarrubias. Man and Woman, 1956. Miguel Covarrubias. Scarf (Commemorating the Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)), 1941/44.
