Known as Nefero, or "Beautiful One" in ancient Egyptian, it is said he got his artist name from mentor Manuel Rodriguez Lozano. He was born in 1920. After studying painting at the Academy of San Carlos, Nefero received a scholarship to study in Paris. He traveled Europe before returning to Mexico to concentrate on his easel and mural painting.
He was a founding member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. His friendship with Lozano led to his first exhibit and since then his work has been exhibited all over the world and is found in many collections also. He was a muralist as well as a portrait painter and in fact finished a mural Piedad en el Desierto (Mercy in the Desert) for Lozano after he became incarcerated.
An example of his easel work Mujer con Rebozo Verde (1943) is pictured here today...
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