biography of Gabriel Humberto MAYORGA (1911-?)

Birth place: Colombia, S. America

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: NAD, painting with Leon Kroll & Ivan Olinsky, etching with Aerobach-Levy & sculpture with Robert Aikin; ASL, with Brackman; Grand Cent. Art Sch., New York, with Harvey Dunn.

Exhibited: Inst. Ingenieros, Bogota, Colombia, 1937; A. Gal. of Barbizon Plaza, NYC, 1955; Mayorga Art Gal., 1960; Int. Expos, Paris, France, 1962; Int. Art Show, NYC, 1970.

Work: Inst. Ingenieros, Bogota, Colombia, 1937; Art Gal. of Barbizon-Plaza, NYC, 1955; West Point Mus., NY. Commissions: many painting & portrait commissions, 1955-on.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, pastels, watercolors, epoxy plastics, polyester plastics. Positions: dir., Revista Estrellas, Bogota, 1937-1938; dir., Mannequins by Mayorga Inc., New York, 1940-65; dir.-illusr., Revista Temas, 1953-54. Teaching: instr. painting & fashion, Pan.-Am. Art Sch., New York, 1960-72. Publications: illusr., Revista Estrellas, 1937-38; illusr., Theory & Practice of Fencing, 1937; illusr., Popular Publications, 1938; illusr., Revista Temas, 1953-54; illusr., Don mag.

Sources: WW73; Morton Cooper, "How to Be an Artist & Still Eat," Art & Photography (1957); Morton Cooper, Gabriel Mayorga, New York Angry Artist (Figure, 1960); J. Rothschild, Artists Create with Plastics (By Gum, 1970).