Francisco Dosamantes

Francisco Dosamantes ( born October 4, 1911 in Mexico City; † 1986 Mexico City) was a Mexican artist.

After studying art at the Academia de San Carlos, he became in 1928 a member of the artist group " 30-30 ". Later he was a member of the Liga de Artistas y Escritores Revolucionarios ( LEAR ). In 1937 he founded together with Ángel Bracho, Alberto Beltrán, Leopoldo Méndez, Raúl Anguiano and other artists, the Taller de Grafica Popular ( Workshop of the People graphic artist, TGP ). In 1945 he took over the management of the artist's workshop Joaquín Clausell in Dosamantes. In 1947 he made his exit from the Taller de Grafica Popular, and in New York City, an exhibition of his works was held. In 1948, he was the founding of the Sociedad para el Impulso de las Artes Plásticas (Society for pulses of plastic art ) and 1952 to the founding of the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas (National Front of the plastic arts, FNAP ) involved. From 1964 to 1967 he was back in the Taller de Grafica Popular.