In the history of art, Ángel Zárraga is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Ángel Zárraga as Mexican painter (1886-1946).
Ángel Zárraga was born at Victoria de Durango in 1886. His recorded nationality is Mexico. He trained at Escuela Nacional Preparatoria.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the movements arrived in quick succession, each defining itself against the last.
He worked as painter.
Among his best-known works are Still Life with Boat and Shell, Girl with Cherry Tart and The Nude Ballerina. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
That the work was made in Mexico shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Ángel Zárraga died in 1946, aged 60. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Still Life with Boat and Shell
- Notable work: Girl with Cherry Tart
- Notable work: The Nude Ballerina
