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Morado was born in Silao, Mexico in 1909. Morado was a painter, printer and sculptor who made monumental murals and mosaics in Mexico. Morado spent time in the United States and Canada in the 1920s, traveling as far north as Alaska. Morado realized his interest and talent as an artist, and enrolled at the Chouinard School of Arts of Los Angeles and at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico.

Carnaval en Huejotzingo In 1931 Morado received a grant to study at the National School of Fine Art in Guanajuato, Mexico, under Francisco Diaz de Leon. A few years later Morado married Olga Costa, an artist and German exile living in Mexico. Morado was in a circle of other great artists of his time who gravitated around the Taller de la Grafica Popular. Other members included Dolores Alvarez Bravo, Carlos Alvarado Lang, Isidoro Ocampo and Maria Izquierdo.

In 1944 Morado had his first solo exhibit at the Galeria de Arte Mexicano. In the late 1940s Morado traveled to Europe to study mosaics. Upon Morado’s return to Mexico he built monumental mosaics that have since become internationally recognized.

Morado’s most famous public pieces can be seen at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), the Quetzalcoatl mural at the Medical Center, the tower of the National Museum of Anthropology and History and the murals at the Alhondiga de Granaditas in Guanajuato.

Morado received numerous awards and an honorary degree from the UNAM. Morado is one of the great masters of Mexican Art. While Morado is best known for his public, monumental work his paintings are in numerous museums and private collections. Do you think you own a painting by Morado? Contact us. We are the Morado experts.