Self-Portrait by María Izquierdo, 1940

María Izquierdo was a Mexican painter, some people referred to her as “the other Frida”. She is famous for being the first Mexican woman to have her work exhibited abroad, this first exhibition was at the Art Center in New York in 1930.

She committed her life and career to painting the Mexican roots and to have her name among the important figures of the mexicanismo such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco or David Alfaro Siqueiros. Izquierdo painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, some of her works are clearly on surrealist subjects, always characterised by intense colours.