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María Dolores Velázquez Rivas, better known as "Lola" Cueto (b. Azcapotzalco, March 2, 1897 – d. Mexico City, January 24, 1978) was a Mexican painter, printmaker, puppet designer and puppeteer. She is best known for her work in children’s theater, creating sets, puppets and theatre companies performing pieces for educational purposes. Cueto took her last name from husband Germán Cueto, which whom she had two daughters, one of which is noted playwright and puppeteer Mireya Cueto. Most of Cueto’s artistic interest was related to Mexican handcrafts and folk art, either creating paintings about it or creating traditional works such as tapestries, papel picado and traditional Mexican toys. ==Life== Cueto was born María Dolores Velázquez Rivas in Azcapotzalco (now part of Mexico City) on March 2, 1897 to Juan Velázquez and Ana María Rivas. Cueto entered the Academy of San Carlos when she was only twelve years old, as one of its first female students, breaking social norms for women at the time. She was part of a group of students with included David Alfaro Siqueiros and Andrés Audifred which rebelled against the traditional teaching methods of the Academy. It is believed that she was the first female student there to be allowed into classes drawing the nudes.〔 Her studies at San Carlos were interrupted by the Mexican Revolution and later she entered the Escuela de Pintura al Aire Libre, also known as the Escuela de Barbizón created and directed by Alfredo Ramos Martínez .〔〔 In 1919, she married vanguard sculptor Germán Cueto. The couple was prominent in the artistic and intellectual circles of Mexico City which included Diego Rivera, Lupe Marín, Ramón Alva de la Canal, Fermín Revueltas, Germán List Arzubide, Manuel Maples Arce and Arqueles Vela .〔 It was as this time she assumed her husband’s last name as her own (not common practice in Mexico), becoming best known as Lola (diminutive for Dolores) Cueto.〔〔 From 1927 to 1932, she lived with her husband in Paris, which allowed both of them to develop artistically.〔 In Paris they had their first contact with hand puppet design and puppetry. Back in Mexico, they founded a puppet company and toured through the country with their puppet show. In 1936 the couple separated.〔Enrique Franco: (''La Memoria como vanguardia - Germán Cueto'' ) (Spanish), Museo Federico Silva.〕 Lola and Gérman Cueto had two daughters, named Ana Maria and Mireya. Mireya (b. 1922) became a well-known puppeteer, writer and playwright, winning the Bellas Artes Medal for her life’s work. Mireya began her career helping her parents. Lola Cueto died on January 24, 1978 in Mexico City.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lola Cueto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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