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1921 Chihuahua, Mexico - 1989 El Paso, Texas. Known for: Portrait, figure, genre, sculptor, mural.
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was also an apprentice to painter Peter Hurd in 1952 on a mural... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was also an apprentice to painter Peter Hurd in 1952 on a mural project about pioneer Texas, and the mural is located at the West Texas Museum in Lubbock. Working in oil, watercolor, clay, and fresco, Acosta exhibited widely including the Texas Water Color Society, the... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was also an apprentice to painter Peter Hurd in 1952 on a mural project about pioneer Texas, and the mural is located at the West Texas Museum in Lubbock. Working in oil, watercolor, clay, and fresco, Acosta exhibited widely including the Texas Water Color Society, the American Water Color Society, the Chase Gallery in New York and Art USA in Missouri in 1958. Illustrations include a portrait of Cesar Chavez for the cover of "Time Magazine" in 1969. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel Acosta settled in El Paso, Texas where he became a painter, muralist, sculptor and illustrator. He studied at the University of Texas at El Paso and at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was also an apprentice to painter Peter Hurd in 1952 on a mural project about pioneer Texas, and the mural is located at the West Texas Museum in Lubbock. Working in oil, watercolor, clay, and fresco, Acosta exhibited widely including the Texas Water Color Society, the American Water Color Society, the Chase Gallery in New York and Art USA in Missouri in 1958. Illustrations include a portrait of Cesar Chavez for the cover of "Time Magazine" in 1969. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"... Read full biography
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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Chiaroscuro, Light and Dark or Tenebrism
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Art Pottery
- •Casein
- •Ceramics
- •Charcoal
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Adobe Structures, Pueblos
- •Chicana/Chicano Genre and Figure
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Bill and Mary Cheek Collection
- •Harmsen Western Art Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Texas Watercolor Society-