Leandro Izaguirre (February 13, 1867 in Mexico City - February 26, 1941 in Mexico City) was a Mexican painter, illustrator and teacher.
Birth Date: | 13 February 1867 |
Birth Place: | Mexico City |
Death Place: | Mexico City |
Occupation: | Painter Illustrator |
Known For: | Painting |
Signature: | Firma de Leandro Izaguirre.jpg |
He entered the Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City in 1884. He is perhaps best known for his Torture of Cuauhtémoc (1892) which he would demonstrate a year later in Philadelphia and win an award for. The realist painting depicts the last Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc.For some years Izaguirre was a professor at the Academia, and had work commissioned in Europe (1904-6). He also worked as an illustrator for the magazine Mundo ilustrado.