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  Born 1906 in Coyoácan, D. F., into a family of Indian peasant artisans. 1922: began his studies in the open air art school directed by Alfredo Ramos Martinez, in Coyoácan. His first works were published in a monograph about the Open Air schools, printed by the Ministry of Public Education, in 1923. |
| Above right:The Harvest, 1943 |
| 1928: He was commissioned as an assistant in the Santiago Rabue Center for Painting, directed by G. Fernandez Ledesma. 1930: began to do engravings. He works with only one tool, generally a stonecutter's chisel. Member of L.E.A.R. from its founding (1933-37), and in 1937 became a founding member of T.G.P. He has always lived in San Francisco district of Coyoácan, at the edge of the Pedregal Federal District; is married with two children. |
| Below left: Stonecutters, 1947; below right: The Land, 1943. |
 Between 1938-1948 participated in all collective exhibitions of T.G.P.. In 1948, he produced Vida en mi barriada (Life in my quarter), a portfolio of 15 engravings published by La Estampa Mexicana.
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