Mexico City, 1912 — 1977. He studied architecture at the Academia de San Carlos and in 1937 made his first print under the guidance of Francisco Díaz de León. From 1935, when he staged «Vuelta a la tierra» at the Teatro Arbeu, he was one of the great set designers of the Mexican theatre: he designed the sets for more than five hundred plays and taught stage design at the INBA. As a printmaker and illustrator he worked for the Secretaría de Educación Pública and the National University, and illustrated López Velarde’s «La suave Patria».
28 x 76 cm
Oil on masonite
1969
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