How to Pronounce Alberto Beltrán
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Mar 22, 1923 Mexico City, Mexico Died on 19 Apr 2002 (aged 79)
Mexican artist
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About Alberto Beltrán
- Alberto Beltrán García (born March 22, 1923, Mexico City, d.
- April 19, 2002, Mexico City) was a Mexican graphic artist and painter known principally for his work with publications such as illustrations and political cartoons but he created a number of murals as well.
- He was born in the rough neighborhood of Tepito and began drawing for local publishers when he was a teenager.
- He attended the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas where one of his teachers introduced him to the Taller de Gráfica Popular where he began his career in earnest.
- From the late 1940s until his death, he work with various publications, mostly newspapers, but he also did book illustrations as well.
- In his later career, he worked on a number of murals, especially in the state of Veracruz, which he had an affinity for.
- Despite winning a number of important awards for his work, he is relatively unknown even in Mexico, with collections of his work scattered among a number of institutions.
