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Carmen Mondragón (1893 - 1978)
Carmen Mondragon (ENG)(1893-1978)
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ITZEL OLGUIN
Carmen Mondragon
Nahui Olin (as she was also known), was a controversial painter for her time, as she generally portrayed her life including nudes like a diary in which she emphasized her physical features that followed the beauty standards of the twentieth century: light eyes, white complexion, and slim figure.
She studied in Europe and returned to Mexico to marry in the middle of the Revolution. Later, she took art classes at the San Carlos Academy and met Gerardo Murillo (Dr. Atl) who baptized her with the Nahuatl name “Nahui Olin”. Her paintings always reflected her personality, which was molded since she was a child by the privileges of a powerful family, since her father was a military materiel developer. In the same way and on some occasions, her interest in Mexican traditions was also noticeable.
- ITZEL OLGUIN
- November 10, 2022
In addition to painting, Carmen wrote poetry and was a model for photographs; showing her naked figure after the Mexican Revolution was a way of expressing rebellion and joy in her own self.
Carmen Mondragon, Self-portrait in the port of Veracruz, 1934.
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About the author.
Itzel Olguin is a data analyst and arteem/3belabs collaborator since 2021. She is a writer of the historical context of international art in Mexico.
Itzel Olguín, (November, 10, 2022), “Carmen Mondragón (ENG)”, arteem, a free space blog.