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El organillero by Antonio Ruiz at Blaisten Museum...
Antonio Ruíz (painter)
Antonio M. Ruíz (b.
Antonio ruiz artist spanish
Texcoco, Mexico State, September 2, 1892 – d. Mexico City, October 9, 1964),[1] was a Mexican fine art painter and scenic designer otherwise known by his childhood nickname "El Corzo" or "El Corcito" (diminutive) which came about due to his resemblance to a popular Spanish bullfighter or torero.
Personal life
Ruíz was born in Texcoco, Mexico to a physician (father) and concert pianist (mother). His grandfather was a painter as well.[2] Ruíz and his family moved to Mexico City in his childhood and he spent most of his adult life there.[3] Both his mother and father died when he was young, so he turned to education as his support.[4]
Ruíz met Mereced Pérez Correa in 1925 and proposed but her father shipped her off to New York.
This is what led to Antonio's trip to the United States of America where he worked in Hollywood designing sets. When Merced returned to Mexico in 1927 Antonio retur