What is Rina Lazo?
[[File:CarrascoMcGheeSalazar11.JPG|thumb|Artist at an opening at the [[Salón de la Plástica Mexicana]] ]] {{For|the Japanese [[Go]] player at [[Nihon Ki-in]]|Rina Fujisawa}} '''Rina Lazo Wasem''' (October 23, 1923 &ndash; November 1, 2019) was a Guatemalan-Mexican painter. Lazo was born [[Guatemala City]]. She began her career in mural painting with [[Diego Rivera]] as his assistant. She worked with him from 1947 until his death in 1957. Lazo was known for her mural works than canvases although the latter have been exhibited in Mexico and other countries making her one of Guatemala's better known artists. She was a member of the [[Mexican muralism]] movement. Lazo died on November 1, 2019 in [[Mexico City]] of [[cardiac arrest]] at the age of 96.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2019/11/01/murio-rina-lazo-pintora-y-muralista-guatemalteca/ |title=Murió Rina Lazo, pintora y muralista guatemalteca |access-date=2 November 2019 |date=1 November 2019 |publisher= Infobae|language=es}}</ref> She was married to artist [[Arturo García Bustos]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazo, Rina}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]] [[Category:Mexican painters]] [[Category:People from Guatemala City]] [[Category:Artists from Mexico City]] {{bio-stub}}