Luz Jiménez—pictured here holding her daughter Conchita—was a model, teacher, writer, and preservationist of the Nahuatl language whose contributions to post-revolutionary Mexican culture went long unrecognized. Born in Milpa Alta, a village nearly decimated during the Mexican Revolution, she moved to Mexico City in the 1920s to support herself. Her myriad jobs included modeling in art schools and for artists. Though her likeness was depicted by many in this gallery, her portrait was rarely painted. Instead, Jiménez’s image became synonymous with a type, that of the “Indigenous woman,” utilized by artists to promote a new idea of identity in post-revolutionary Mexico.
Gallery label from 2022
