Agustín Lazo began studies in architecture but left them to study painting at the Escuela al Aire Libre de Pintura in Santa Anita, founded by Alfredo Ramos Martínez. During his youth, he traveled through Europe, mainly staying in Paris, where he learned of the surrealist movement. He was part of a group of artists called Los Contemporáneos, who incorporated European avant-garde movements—such as surrealism—into their vision of “Mexicanness” instead of attaching themselves to the nationalist themes of muralism. At the time of his death, in 1971, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City organized a tribute exhibition that included oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, and collages. Lazo is considered one of the precursors of Mexican surrealism.
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