Mil Máscaras Reverse Glass Painting – Baumen

Description

One-of-a-Kind Artwork by Manuel Baumen — Reverse Glass Painting

This painting is a unique piece signed by Manuel Baumen, a Mexican artist who uses the pintura reversa en vidrio technique to portray lucha libre figures. Painted on the back side of a glass plate, the subject is built layer by layer in mirror — fine details first, background last — then revealed through the glass with a distinctive brilliance and depth. This technique is inherited from the folk art traditions of the Jalisco and Oaxaca regions. The turquoise patinated wooden frame is handcrafted.

Mil Máscaras — The Man of a Thousand Masks

Aaron Rodríguez Arellano, born in San Luis Potosí in 1942. Created by Valente Pérez, the “King Midas of lucha libre,” the character is built on a unique concept: a different mask for every match. In 1968, he debuted at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, then in Japan in 1971 where he introduced aerial moves never seen there — plancha, tope suicida — inspiring Tiger Mask and a whole generation of high-flyers.

First masked luchador at Madison Square Garden, inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012, uncle of Alberto Del Rio. Never unmasked in over 50 years of career. See also the Blue Demon reverse glass painting by the same artist.

Additional information