Focusing on the Independence, Reform, Revolution Panel of this artwork, explore the A Surprise Guest about the War of Reform (1857-60).
A Surprise Guest As we saw with the shaman in prehispanic panel that looks like the artist and an image of a woman on the colonial panel that resembles his wife Rina Lazo, the artist does not hesitate to include family members in the mural and in that sense make the mural his personal story as well as the story of Oaxaca and Mexico. The soldier below depicts Nicolas Bustos, the great-grandfather of Arturo García Bustos. The artist credits this ancestor as the source of his liberal thinking.
Arturo García Bustos Oaxaca Rina Lazo colonial mural