La Esmeralda orEscuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado (ENPEG) (English: National School ofPainting,Sculpture andPrintmaking) is aMexican art school founded in 1927 and located inMexico City.
The history of the ENPEG started with the foundation of a sculpture and wood carving school in the formerLa Merced Cloister (Exconvento de la Merced) in thehistoric center of Mexico City byGuillermo Ruiz in 1927. In the 1930s, the school moved to the alley Callejón de la Esmeralda (now Calle San Fernando),Colonia Guerrero,[1] which gave it the name "La Esmeralda".
In 1943,Antonio M. Ruiz became head of the seemingly provisory school. He redesigned the building, separated the training in classes, and developed the first curriculum, which achieved certification by theSecretaría de Educación Pública in 1943 accompanied by the official status of an art school.[2] Notable teachers at this time wereDiego Rivera,Francisco Zúñiga,Frida Kahlo,Carlos Orozco Romero,Federico Cantú,Luis Ortiz Monasterio,María Izquierdo,Fidencio Castillo,[3]Agustín Lazo,Raúl Anguiano,Feliciano Peña, andJosé Chávez Morado. In 1994, "La Esmeralda" moved from Colonia Guerrero toCentro Nacional de las Artes (National Center for Arts).[4]
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