Abelardo Avila was born in 1907, in one of the smallest states in Mexico, Queretaro. Avila was quite educated in the arts. After first studying painting at Academia de Bellas Artes there, and then at Academia Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Mexico City, he became interested in engraving and went on to study printmaking at Taller de Grabado, de Madera y Metal.
Avila was also a teacher at various schools and workshops. He did paint one mural in partnership with Pedro Rendon, in Mexico City, in 1934. I am including a photo of the mural below. His costumbristo work earned him recognition as an historian.
costumbticism. Literal, pictorial interpretation of everday life. Usually considered a combination of Romanticism and Realism, with specific rather than general events and locales (Realism) depicted with the emotion of Romanticism. Can be satiric, but otherwise usually represented folkloric Hispanic life.
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