biography of José Luis CUEVAS (1934-2017)

Birth place: Mexico City, Mex.

Addresses: Mexico City 20, Mex.

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Sch Painting & Sculpture (La Esmeralda, Inst Nac Bellas Artes), Mexico City.

Exhibited: Spec room at V Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1959; VII Mostra Int Bianco e Nero, Lugano, Switz, 1962; Rosc 1967, Nat Mus Dublin, Ireland, 1967; I Biennial New Delhi, India, 1968; Biennial Venize, Italy, 1972; Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY, and Misrachi Gallery, Mexico City, Mex., 1970s. Awards: First int prize for drawing, V Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1959; first int award, Mostra Bianco e Nero, 1962; first prize for engraving, I Biennial of New Delhi, India, 1968.

Work: MOMA, New York, NY; Solomon R Guggenheim Mus, New York; Brooklyn Mus, NY; Mus of Albi & Lyons, France; plus others.

Comments: Teaching: Resident artist, Philadelphia Mus Sch Art, 1957; lect art, San Jose State Col, 1970. Publications: Illusr, Recollections of Childhood, Kanthos Press, 1962; illusr, Cuevas Charenton, Tamarind Workshop, 1965; auth, Cuevas by Cuevas, Era, Mexico City, 1965; illusr, Crime by Cuevas, Lublin Ed, 1968; illusr, Homage to Quevedo, 1969 & Cuevas comedies, 1971, Collectors Press; plus others.

Sources: WW73; Carlos Fuentes, Los mundos de Jose Luis Cuevas (Misrachi Gallery, Mexico City, 1970).

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