Juan O'Gormann made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Juan O'Gormann as Mexican artist and architect (1905-1982).
Juan O'Gormann was born at Coyoacán in 1905. His recorded nationality is Mexico. He was educated at National Autonomous University of Mexico and Academy of San Carlos.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
The record gives his occupations as painter and architect.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His work was formally recognised with the National Prize for Arts and Sciences.
Working from Mexico shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Juan O'Gormann died in 1982 at the age of 77. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Educated at National Autonomous University of Mexico and Academy of San Carlos
- Worked as painter and architect
