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González Amezcua, Chelo, 1903-1975

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Personal name headingGonzález Amezcua, Chelo, 1903-1975
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Variant(s)Amezcua, Chelo, 1903-1975
González Amezcua, Chelito, 1903-1975
Chelo, 1903-1975
González Amezcua, Consuelo, 1903-1975
González, Chelo, 1903-1975
Amezcua, Consuelo González, 1903-1975
Associated countryMexico United States
LocatedDel Rio (Tex.)
Birth date1903-06-13
Death date1975-06-23
Place of birthPiedras Negras (Mexico)
Place of deathDel Rio (Tex.)
Field of activityOutsider art Drawing Poetry
Profession or occupationOutsider artists Poets
Found inOutsider art sourcebook, 2016: page 52 (Chelo Amezcua 1903-1975 ; Consuelo "Chelo" González Amezcua ; born in Piedras Negras, northern Mexico ; when she was ten ... her family moved to the provincial border town of Del Rio, by the Rio Grande river in Texas ; taught herself to draw and developed a unique style using ordinary ballpoint pens, often depicting legendary figures)
Wikipedia web site, October 4, 2019: (Consuelo González Amezcua, known as Chelo or Chelito, (June 13, 1903-June 23, 1975) was an American outsider artist of Mexican birth. born: Piedras Negras, Mexico ; died: Del Rio, Texas ; known for: drawing)
Filigree drawings by Consuelo Gonzalez Amezcua, 1968.
Handbook of Texas online, February 24,2021 (entry form: Gonzalez Amezcua, Consuelo (1903-1975); Consuelo (Chelo) González Amezcua; born in Piedras Negras, Mexico, June 13, 1903; immigrated with family in 1913 to Del Rio, Texas where she spent the rest of her life; artist and poet; compiled a book of her verse titled: Cantares y Poemas; won prizes for her poetry in Mexico; her drawings first featured in a solo exhibition at the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 1968)
North American women artists of the twentieth century, 1995 (González Amezcua, Consuelo; artist; b. 1903, Villa Acuña, Mexico; d. 1975)
Filigree drawings by Consuelo Gonzalez Amezcua, 1968: title page (Consuelo Gonzalez Amezcua) cover (Chelo) page 3 (Miss Gonzalez) catalogue (32 of 42 works signed: Chelo Gonzalez Amezcua; others signed: Chelo Gonzalez; Chelo; Chelo G A; Chelo G Amezcua; Chelo Gonzalez A)
Notable Hispanic American women, 1993 (Consuelo González Amezcua; artist, writer; b. June 13, 1903, Piedras Negras, Mexico; d. June 1975, Del Rio, Tex.)
Associated languagespa
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