Irene De Bohus

Place: New York

Born: 1913

Death: 1990

Biography:

Irene de Bohus (American, New York 1913–?1990s Mexico City) was a prominent American-born Mexican landscape painter. She was born in New York and studied at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. Over the years, she continued learning from other well-known artists, among them: Irene de Bohus (1959–1962), Toby Joysmith and Juan O'Gorman, who shared his tempera techniques with her. In 1974, Gottfried presented her first individual exhibition at a gallery in the Mexican-American Institute of Cultural Relations in Mexico City. In the ensuing years, she held many other exhibitions, including at the Instituto Anglo-Americano de Cultura; Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros (1983); Palacio de Minería (1992) and Museo de la Estampa (1994). She also held exhibitions at the México City and Cancún, Quintana Roo Airports. In 2004, she exhibited at Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina and in 2007 at the Club de Industriales, in Polanco. Besides her numerous exhibitions in and out of México, many of her paintings have been auctioned around the world. Some of her works were acquired by distinguished institutions and notable persons. Among others, during an honorary ceremony held in México City's Iztapalapa in 1976, she presented a painting of the Valley of Mexico to José López Portillo. In December 1978, the Duke of Kent received one of her paintings in a ceremony held by the British Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. It was estimated that Gottfried created around 700 paintings during the period 1969–1979. Much of her life was devoted to teaching in her own studio. After a long fight with chronic kidney disease, she died of a heart stoppage on January 10, 2014, at the age of 88 in Mexico City.