Born in 1841 in Michoacán, Manuel Ocaranza was a virtually unknown Mexican Romanticist painter, as well as a poet. Those who know his work recognize him as one of the most influential Mexican painters of the nineteenth century. He attended San Carlos Academy in 1861 where he became both student and teacher. He sought to introduce textural techniques in various types of canvas. He studied in Europe on scholarship beginning in 1874. There he was able to imitate works of the masters, developing his own style.
Sadly Ocaranza died at the young age of 41 after encountering an epidemic of cholera which lead to a cardio-pulmonary complication.
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