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Agapito Labios, oil painting on canvas, listed Mexican painter.
Naïve figural composition depicting a young boy standing on a railway platform in front of a steam locomotive. The painting is executed in oil on canvas with clear colours and simplified forms typical of the Mexican primitive painting tradition.
Origin: Mexico.
Material: Canvas, oil.
Dimensions: Image size 59 × 45 cm, frame size 62 × 48 cm.
Period: Circa 1960s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.
Bio:
Agapito Labios (1898–1996), born Agapito Engel Cifuentes in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, was a self-taught painter. He took part in the Mexican Revolution and was later imprisoned, where he began painting on the walls of his prison cell. The mayor of the town noticed his paintings and commissioned him to paint portraits of his two daughters, marking the beginning of his artistic career. Labios subsequently worked mainly as a portrait painter and is known for his naïve and primitive style, frequently depicting children in his compositions.
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