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1909 Chihuahua, Mexico - 1968 El Paso, Texas. Known for: Painter-landscape-desert, mural, sculptor.
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Jose Aceves became a painter, muralist, designer, and sculptor who exhibited widely in the area of El Paso, Texas, where he moved with his family during the Mexican... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Jose Aceves became a painter, muralist, designer, and sculptor who exhibited widely in the area of El Paso, Texas, where he moved with his family during the Mexican Revolution. As an artist he was basically self taught, although he learned informally from his friends Tom... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Jose Aceves became a painter, muralist, designer, and sculptor who exhibited widely in the area of El Paso, Texas, where he moved with his family during the Mexican Revolution. As an artist he was basically self taught, although he learned informally from his friends Tom Lea and Audley Dean Nicols. He painted murals at the El Paso Post oofice and was in Arizona. In 1936, he completed a painting of the Grand Canyon. During World War II, Aceves served in the U.S. Navy... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Jose Aceves became a painter, muralist, designer, and sculptor who exhibited widely in the area of El Paso, Texas, where he moved with his family during the Mexican Revolution. As an artist he was basically self taught, although he learned informally from his friends Tom Lea and Audley Dean Nicols. He painted murals at the El Paso Post oofice and was in Arizona. In 1936, he completed a painting of the Grand Canyon. During World War II, Aceves served in the U.S. Navy including being an illustrator. After the war, he used the GI Bill to attend El Paso Technical High School and the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He returned to El Paso for the remainder of his life, dying there in 1968. Source: . John and... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Jose Aceves became a painter, muralist, designer, and sculptor who exhibited widely in the area of El Paso, Texas, where he moved with his family during the Mexican Revolution. As an artist he was basically self taught, although he learned informally from his friends Tom Lea and Audley Dean Nicols. He painted murals at the El Paso Post oofice and was in Arizona. In 1936, he completed a painting of the Grand Canyon. During World War II, Aceves served in the U.S. Navy including being an illustrator. After the war, he used the GI Bill to attend El Paso Technical High School and the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He returned to El Paso for the remainder of his life, dying there in 1968. Source: . John and Deborah Powers, Texas Painters, Sculptors, and Graphic Artists. He painted New Deal murals for the post offic... Read full biography
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About Jose Aceves: Keywords
Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Atmospherics, Dramatic Lighting
- •Desert Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Texas Before 1940
Art School
- •American Academy of Art, Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Mural Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings