Ramon Alva de la Canal

“El desembarco de los españoles y la cruz plantada en tierras nuevas”, wall painting

Ramón Alva de la Canal (born August 29, 1892 in Mexico City , † April 4, 1985 ) was a Mexican painter, illustrator and art teacher.

biography

Alva studied at the Academia de San Carlos and assisted Alfredo Ramos Martínez at its open-air painting school in Santa Anita Zacatlamanco , Iztapalapa . From 1920 he taught painting at the Academia de San Carlos. As a member of the Sindicato de Pintores made it in 1922, the first fresco - mural in Mexico of the 20th century . In the same year he learned the technique of woodcut with Jean Charlot . Alva joined the group of revolutionary painters "30-30" in 1928 and became a member of the artist group "Estridentistas", a Mexican artist movement that coined the term Estridentism (Estridentismo).

He has lectured in numerous schools, especially schools of the Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP). At the age of almost 60 he became head of the university sculpture school of the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa .

In his artistic work he mainly dealt with book illustrations , wall paintings , wood painting and set painting . He has been a member of the Academia de Artes since 1981.

In 1989 Javier Audiracs directed a documentary about the artist.

personal data
SURNAME	Alva de la Canal, Ramon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mexican painter, illustrator and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	August 29, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mexico city
DATE OF DEATH	April 4th 1985
Place of death	Mexico city