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202090 minPGdocumentary

Art History Refugee Crisis

Lucinda Urrusti: Painter

202090 minPGdocumentary

Lucinda Urrusti, a painter born in Melilla, reflects on her life as a Spanish Civil War refugee in Mexico and her enduring passion for art and family.

Art History Refugee Crisis

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Juan Francisco Urrusti

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Lucinda Urrusti, a painter born in Melilla, reflects on her life as a Spanish Civil War refugee in Mexico and her enduring passion for art and family.

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This is a portrait of painter Lucinda Urrusti (Melilla, Spanish Morocco, 1926), who came to Mexico in 1939 with her parents and brother as refugees of the Spanish Civil War. For Lucinda, what matters most in life is art and her family.

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