Agustín Lazo (Mexico City, 1896 - 1971) was a painter, designer, playwright, and pioneer of Mexican surrealism. Born into a prominent family, he studied architecture but abandoned the career to focus on painting, guided by Alfredo Ramos Martínez at the Escuela de Pintura al Aire Libre de Santa Anita (Santa Anita Outdoor School of Painting) in Iztacalco, Mexico City. In 1917, he entered the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (National School of Fine Arts), where he trained alongside Manuel Rodríguez Lozano and Abraham Ángel. 

After a trip to Europe in the 1920s, he developed a pictorial language called poetic realism, influenced by figures such as Picasso and the metaphysical painting of De Chirico. Upon returning to Mexico, he joined the author’s collective Grupo sin grupo, which had notable members such as Salvador Novo and Jorge Novo, who later affiliated with the magazine Contemporáneos. In addition to his work as a painter, Lazo delved into the world of collage, while also working as a playwright and set designer in mexican theater. He was an artist who blended international influences with a critical vision of mexican identity