Alberto Mijangos
Alberto Mijangos (born July 25, 1925, Mexico City – June 19, 2007 San Antonio, Texas) was a Mexican-American artist and painter.
Mijangos was born in
murals on the country's National Palace
.
Mijangos moved to the city of
abstracts that dealt with social and spiritual issues. Mijangos began operating a small museum for the Mexican government in San Antonio, Texas, in 1959. The downtown San Antonio museum has since become known as the Instituto de Mexico en San Antonio
. After leaving the Instituto, Mijangos ran the Blue Door Gallery, and later Salon Mijangos, a small art school with a gallery space on the south side of San Antonio.
Mijangos died on June 19, 2007, of lymphoma.
External Links and References
- "Oral history interview with Alberto Mijangos, 2003 Dec. 5- 12". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution.
- Alberto Mijangos Obituary (Associated Press)
- Alberto Mijangos Obituary (San Antonio Express-News)
- Discussion of Mijangos' "Chones" Series
- Discussion of Mijangos' "T-shirt" Series
- Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists featuring Alberto Mijangos. Edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson (Trinity University Press, 2008).