Manuel Rodriguez Lozano at the National Art Museo

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Manuel Rodriguez Lozano at the National Art Museo

Photography by Bill Bell

Rodríguez Lozano was born to Manuel Rodríguez and his wife Sara Lozano. He began a military education at the Heroico Colegio Militar, and started a diplomatic service career. In Spain, he met Carmen Mondragón, daughter of general Manuel Mondragón, whom he married on August 13, 1913.

They traveled to Paris, where they got contact to the avant-garde movement there, met Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, André Lhote, André Salmon and Jean Cassou, between others. Afterwards they moved to San Sebastián, Spain, where they autodidactically trained painting.

During the seven-year stay in Europe, their son died, reportedly due to a fury attack of Carmen Mondragón. His death was probably the cause of their separation, although other possible causes are Rodríguez-Lozano's bisexuality or Carmen Mondragón's nymphomaniac tendencies. It is unknown whether or not they ever officially separated.

In 1921 both returned to Mexico, where Carmen Mondragón met Gerald Murillo aka Dr Atl, who gave her the name "Nahui Ollin"