Antonio Ruiz—nicknamed “El Corzo,” thanks to his physical resemblance to a renowned Spanish bullfighter by the same name—studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes de México, where he was a student of influential artists such as Saturnino Herrán and Germán Gedovius. Throughout his career, he worked as a designer, painter, and set designer. He was the founder and director, for 16 years, of the Escuela Nacional de Pintura y Grabado “La Esmeralda”. During this time, he strengthened the academic structure of the institution and consolidated an artistic education project that sought to rescue and promote Mexican art. His work, which depicts scenes from the Mexican imagination, was characterized by a critical style and biting satire with which he ridiculed key figures of his time. He is considered one of the most representative Mexican easel painters of the post-revolutionary era.
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