Nicolás Moreno (artist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicolás Moreno (artist)

Mexican engraver and landscape painter

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1923

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Death: 04-Feb-2012

Profession: painter, university teacher

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Nicolás Moreno (28 December 1923 in Mexico City – 4 February 2012) was a Mexican landscape painter, considered to be one of the best of this genre of the 20th century, as well as heir to the Mexican tradition of José María Velasco and Dr.
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Although he was born in Mexico City in 1923, he had early contact with nature, traveling with his grandfather and living briefly in Celaya, Guanajuato.
He studied art at the country’s Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas but was temporarily discouraged when he was told that landscape painting was a “minor genre.” His work almost completely focuses on the varied landscapes of Mexico, mostly to document it, including environmental degradation.
His landscape work includes that which appeared in over 100 individual exhibitions in Mexico and abroad as well as a number of important murals including those at the Museo Nacional de Antropología.