| LC control no. | no2020124682 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cornejo, Francisco, 1892-1963 |
| Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1892 |
| Death date | 1963 |
| Place of birth | La Paz (Baja California Sur, Mexico) |
| Place of death | Mexico |
| Field of activity | Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery Costume design Decorative arts Indian art--Mexico Archaeology and art |
| Profession or occupation | Set designers Costume designers Artists Archaeologists |
| Special note | Formerly on undifferentiated name record: n 97853816 |
| Found in | *MGZB Denishawn Dancers. Programs, 1922. Cornejo, Francisco. [5 musicians], 1927: (Serigraph. Signed, Francisco Cornejo.) Hughes, Edan Milton. Artists in California, 1786-1940, 2002, viewed online via HathiTrust, October 10, 2020: page 244 (Cornejo, Francisco (1892-1963). Born in La Paz, Mexico in 1892. Cornejo was a resident of Los Angeles from 1911-32 except during 1919-24 when he was in San Francisco. He specialized in Mayan and Aztec themes and the California Missions. He exhibited his work in Mexico City, at Stanford University, and at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco.) George Stern Fine Arts website, viewed October 10, 2020: (Francisco Cornejo (1892-1963) A painter and archaeologist, he was most known for reviving Pre-Colombian art specializing in Mayan and Aztec themes and the California Missions. In 1919 he designed Mayan and Toltec sets and costumes for Ted Shawn, head of the pioneering Denishawn Dancers. Then during the 1920s he designed homes in the Mayan Revival style. In 1926 he curated a well publicized exhibition of ancient American art and its modern applications in Los Angeles. In 1927 where he executed several interior and exterior mural decorations for the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles. In 1930 [sic] Cornejo moved back to Mexico, where he continued to live until his death in 1963.) |
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