FANNY RABEL (1922 - 2008) SIGNED FRAMED LITHOGRAPH OF CHILD
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Fanny Rabel (August 27, 1922 in Poland- November 25, 2008 in Mexico City) born Fanny Rabinovich was a Polish-born Mexicanartist who is considered to be the first modern female muralist and one ofthe youngest associated with the Mexican muralism of the early to mid-20thcentury. She and her family arrived to Mexico in 1938 from Europe and shestudied art at the Escuela Nacional de Pintur, Escultura y Grabado “LaEsmeralda”, where she met and became friends... with Frida Kahol. She became theonly female member of “Los Fridos” a group of students under Kahlo’s tutelage.She also worked as an assistant and apprentice to Diego Rivera and DavidAlfaro Siqueiros, painting a number of murals of her own during her career. Themost important of this is Ronda en el tiempo at the Museo Nacional deAntropologia in Mexico City. She also created canvases and other works, with children often featured in her work and one of the first of her generationto work with ecological themes in a series of works begun in 1979.
