Francisco goitia biography paintings

Mexican artist

For the light train station, see Francisco Goitia railway station.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bollaín y Goitia and the second or maternal family name is García.

Francisco Bollaín y Goitia García (4 October 1882 – 26 March 1960) was a Mexican artist.

Francisco goitia biography paintings

Goitia was a reclusive and complicated man, whose life and work was heavily influenced by the Mexican Revolution. He was of the Mexican muralism generation but did not share its politics. Goitia worked with the Francisco Villa army, creating works depicting the violence of that time and afterwards, worked with anthropologistManuel Gamio depicting indigenous history and culture.

He lived most of the last half of his life simply in then-rural Xochimilco, away from the cultural and intellectual life of Mexico City, dying there in his house. He did not leave behind a large collection of work, but a number of his paintings are notable in their own right such as