rodolfo nieto labastida was a mexican painter of the oaxacan school (apprenticed under diego rivera, later served him as an assistant).rodolfo nieto was born at home in oaxaca on july 13, 1936. his father rodolfo nieto gris, a medical epidemiologist, left the home mysteriously around 1949. after his disappearance, the family became destitute; his mother, josefina labastida de nieto, a homemaker and seamstress, moved to mexico city with rodolfo, his younger brother carlos nieto, a poet—who was later murdered due to his political associations—after rodolfo died, formed a new family with half br…