Ngakhale kuti ndi m'modzi mwa ojambula aku Mexico azaka 100 zapitazi, Zárraga sakudziwika kwenikweni ku Mexico chifukwa adakhala nthawi yopitilira theka la moyo wake kunja - pafupifupi zaka makumi anayi ku Europe -, makamaka ku France.
Ángel Zárraga adabadwa pa Ogasiti 16, 1886 mumzinda wa Durango, ndipo ali wachinyamata adalembetsa ku San Carlos Academy, komwe adakumana ndi Diego Rivera, yemwe adacheza naye kwambiri. Aphunzitsi ake ndi a Santiago Rebull, a José María Velasco ndi a Julio Ruelas.
Ali ndi zaka 18 - mu 1904 - adayamba kukhala ku Paris ndipo adathawira ku gulu lakale la Museum of Louvre, kuti adziteteze ku chisokonezo chomwe chidayamba chifukwa cha chidwi ndi zomwe zachitika kale, ngakhale adathokoza Renoir, Gauguin, Degas ndi Cézanne.
Osagwirizana kwambiri ndi zomwe zimaphunzitsidwa ku School of Fine Arts ku Paris, adaganiza zophunzira ku Royal Academy ya Brussels, ndipo pambuyo pake amakhala ku Spain (Toledo, Segovia, Zamarramala ndi Illescas), zomwe zikuyimira makono kwa iye. wosakwiya kwambiri. Mphunzitsi wake woyamba m'mayikowa ndi Joaquín Sorolla, yemwe amamuthandiza kuti akhale nawo pagulu la ziwonetsero ku Prado Museum ku Madrid, komwe ntchito zake ziwiri mwa zisanu zimapatsidwa ndipo amagulitsidwa nthawi yomweyo.
Ndi chaka cha 1906, ndipo ku Mexico Justo Sierra - secretary wa Public Instruction and Fine Arts- amupatsa Porfirio Díaz kuti apatse Zárraga ma franc 350 pamwezi kuti apititse patsogolo maphunziro ake openta ku Europe. Wojambulayo amakhala zaka ziwiri ku Italy (Tuscany ndi Umbria) ndikuwonetsa ku Florence ndi Venice. Anabwerera ku Paris mu 1911 kuti akawonetse ntchito yake koyamba ku Salon d'Automne; Zojambula zake ziwiri - La Dádiva ndi San Sebastián - zikuyenera kudziwika kwambiri. Kwa kanthawi, Zárraga adadzilola kutengera zomwe mwana wake adachita ndipo kenako adadzipereka kupenta masewera. Kusuntha kwa othamanga, kuchuluka kwa omwe amaponya ma discus, mapulasitiki a osambira, ndi zina zambiri, amawakonda kwambiri.
Pakati pa 1917 ndi 1918 adalemba zokongoletsa za sewero la Shakespeare Antony ndi Cleopatra, lomwe lidachitika ku Antoine Theatre ku Paris. Zokongoletsazi zitha kuonedwa ngati zoyeserera zoyambirira za waluso kuti ayambe kujambula khoma.
Pambuyo pake, kwa zaka zingapo adadzipereka kupanga zojambula zojambula - fresco ndi encaustic - nyumba yachifumu ya Vert-Coeur ku Chevreuse, pafupi ndi Versailles, komwe amakongoletsa masitepe, chipinda chabanja, khonde, laibulale ndi malo oimbira. Panthawiyi, a José Vasconcelos adamuyitanitsa kuti adzatenge nawo gawo ku Mexico, ndikukongoletsa makoma a nyumba zofunikira kwambiri, koma Zárraga adakana chifukwa sanamalize ntchito yake munyumbayi.
Komabe, akuyamba kupanga ntchito yayikulu yaku France.
Mu 1924 adakongoletsa tchalitchi chake choyamba, cha Our Lady of La Salette ku Suresnes, pafupi ndi Paris. Za guwa lalikulu komanso mbali zonse, amapanga nyimbo zokongola momwe amagwiritsa ntchito zida zina za Cubism (mwatsoka ntchitozi zikusowa).
Pakati pa 1926 ndi 1927 adajambula matabwa khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu a Gulu Lankhondo Laku Mexico panthawiyo ku Paris lotumizidwa ndi mainjiniya Alberto J. Pani. Matabwawa amakongoletsa mpandawo kwazaka makumi angapo, koma pambuyo pake amatayidwa moipa mnyumba yosungira ndipo akapezekanso amakhala atawonongeka kale. Mwamwayi, patapita zaka amatumizidwa ku Mexico, komwe amabwezeretsedwa ndipo amatha kuwonekera pagulu. Ambiri mwa iwo amakhala mdzikolo ndipo enawo abwezeredwa ku ofesi ya kazembe. Tikambirana mwachidule ma board awa anayi pansipa.
Sizikudziwika ngati wolemba waluntha pa ntchito khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatuyu ndi Zárraga iyemwini kapena nduna yomwe idawatumiza. Zojambulazo zikugwirizana kwathunthu ndi zojambula zamakono za tsikuli, zomwe zimadziwika kuti art deco; mutuwo ndi masomphenya ophiphiritsira okhudza "chiyambi cha Mexico, zosokoneza zachilengedwe zakukula kwake, ubale wake ndi France ndikukhumba kwake kwamkati ndi mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi."
Muzikondana. Ikuwonetsa ziwerengero za anthu amitundu yonse zomwe zaphatikizidwa mozungulira dziko lapansi - zothandizidwa ndi ziwerengero ziwiri zogwada- ndipo zimakhalira mogwirizana. Zárraga ndi wodzipereka kwambiri ndipo amayesera kufotokoza kuti kuyambira pa Ulaliki wa pa Phiri (pafupifupi zaka zikwi ziwiri zapitazo) chitukuko chamakono chayesetsa kupatsa mzimu wamunthu ndi Chikhristu ndipo sichinathe kusunga ngakhale gawo laling'ono kwambiri la Makhalidwe abwino omwe ali munjira zosiyanasiyana, monga zikuwonekera pakufunika kwa apolisi komanso nkhondo zapakati pa zipani, magulu azikhalidwe kapena anthu.
Malire akumpoto a Mexico. Apa mzere wogawa mitundu iwiri yomwe ikukhala mu kontrakitala ndi malire akumpoto a Latin America amadziwika. Kumbali imodzi kuli cacti ndi maluwa akumalo otentha, pomwe mbali inayo kuli nyumba zazitali, mafakitale, ndi mphamvu zonse zopezedwa pakapangidwe kazinthu zamakono. Mkazi wachibadwidwe ndiye chizindikiro cha Latin America; Zowona kuti mayiyo wagwera nsana ndikuyang'ana kumpoto atha kuyankha mochulukira ndikulandila ngati chodzitetezera.
Nyanga yazambiri. Chuma cha Mexico - chofunitsitsa komanso kukhala ndi mwayi wamkati ndi amphamvu akunja - chakhala chikuchititsa mavuto amkati ndi akunja mdzikolo. Mapu a Mexico, chimanga chake chowala komanso chowala chowoneka bwino ngati nkhuni zomwe amwenye amanyamula, akuwonetsa kuti chuma chofananira chomwecho cha nthaka yakomweko chakhala mtanda wa anthu aku Mexico komanso chiyambi cha zowawa zawo zonse.
Kuphedwa kwa Cuauhtémoc. Chotsiriza cha Aztec tlacatecuhtli, Cuauhtémoc ikuyimira mphamvu ndi kuyimitsidwa kwa mpikisanowu.
Zárraga akupitilizabe ntchito yake yojambula m'malo osiyanasiyana ku France, ndipo mzaka za m'ma 1930 amadziwika kuti ndi wojambula wakunja yemwe amalandila mabungwe ambiri opaka utoto mdzikolo.
Mu 1935 Zárraga adagwiritsa ntchito njira ya fresco koyamba m'makoma a Chapel of the Redeemer, ku Guébriante, Haute-Savoie, awa, limodzi ndi ntchito yake yabwino, adamupatsa mwayi woti akhale woyang'anira wa Legion of Honor.
Nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse idayamba ndipo 1940 ndi chaka chovuta kwambiri kwa wojambulayo, koma pa 2 Juni - tsiku lomwe bomba lalikulu la Paris - Zárraga, wopanda nkhawa kwambiri, akupitilizabe kujambula zithunzizi m'sukulu yophunzirira ya University of Paris. "Sikunali chifukwa cha kulimba mtima, koma chifukwa chakutsimikiza komwe tili nako anthu aku Mexico."
Ntchito yake siyimupatula pa zochitika zomwe zimasokoneza dziko lapansi. Kudzera pa Radio Paris amatsogolera mapulogalamu angapo ophunzitsira otsutsa-Nazi ku Latin America. Ngakhale anali waluso yemwe samakonda zandale, Zárraga anali Mkatolika wodzipereka, ndipo kuwonjezera pa kujambula adalemba ndakatulo, zolemba komanso zolemba zakuya pazokhudza zaluso.
Kumayambiriro kwa 1941, mothandizidwa ndi boma la Mexico, Zárraga adabwerera kudziko lathu ali ndi mkazi wake ndi mwana wake wamkazi. Atafika, sazindikira tanthauzo ndi ntchito ya akatswiri azomanga ku Mexico. Zolakwika za wojambula wa Durango zimachokera ku kusazindikira kwake Mexico itasintha. Zomwe amakumbukira zokha zidamira mu Frenchification ndi Europeanism ya nthawi ya Porfirian.
Ku Mexico, adakhazikika likulu, adakhazikitsa situdiyo komwe amaphunzitsira, kujambula zithunzi ndipo, wopangidwa ndi wopanga mapulani a Mario Pani, adayamba zojambulazo mu 1942 mchipinda cha Bankers Club cha Guardiola. Wojambulayo amasankha chuma ngati mutu wake.
Adapanganso fresco ku Abbot Laboratories ndipo mozungulira 1943 adayamba ntchito yake yayikulu ku Cathedral of Monterrey.
Atatsala pang'ono kumwalira, wojambulayo adagwira ntchito pazithunzi zinayi ku Mexico Library: The Will to Build, The Triumph of Understanding, The Human Body ndi The Imagination, koma adangomaliza yoyamba.
Ángel Zárraga anamwalira ndi edema ya m'mapapo ali ndi zaka 60, pa Seputembara 22, 1946. Pachifukwa ichi Salvador Novo akulemba mu News kuti: "Adadzozedwa ndi kutchuka ku Europe, kwakukulu poyerekeza pofika, kuposa momwe adadzikongoletsera Diego Rivera koyambirira kwake ... koma patsiku lomwe adabwerera kudziko lakwawo, dziko lakwawo lidagonjetsedwa kale ndi zomwe, mwa anthu wamba, ndi sukulu ya Rivera, komanso zojambula zenizeni, zophunzirira , ndi Zngel Zárraga, zinali zachilendo, zosagwirizana ... Iye anali wojambula waku Mexico yemwe kukonda dziko lake kunamupangitsa kuganiza za Saturnino Herrán, a Ramos Martínez, yemwe adakwaniritsa kapena kusinthika kuti akhale katswiri wamkulu ... dziko lake ".
Magwero akulu azambiri zolembedwa za nkhaniyi akuchokera: Kukhumba dziko lapansi lopanda malire. Ángel Zárraga ku Mexico Legation ku Paris, wolemba María Luisa López Vieyra, National Museum of Art, ndi Ángel Zárraga. Pakati pa zophiphiritsa komanso kukonda dziko lako, zolemba za Elisa García-Barragán, Unduna wa Zakunja.
