Born in Mascota, Jalisco, in 1907, Francisco Caracalla was a muralist and art teacher. He grew up in Guadalajara, where he attended La Escuela Libre de Pintura, under teacher Ixca Farias. Here Caracalla met Jesus Galvan and Raul Anguiano with whom he went on to organize the group of painters: Pintores Jovenes de Jalisco.
Later Caracalla was responsible for founding the painting school Taller de Artes Plasticas. Throughout his lifetime Francisco Caracalla worked with and taught many Mexican artists, helped start several art organizations, galleries, exhibitions and schools. Perhaps he is best known as one of the greate art teachers in Mexican history?
In the late 1940's he moved to Mexico City where he created the magazine Galerias, which announced art activities and happenings around the area. He also wrote a column for the newspaper Excelsior under the pen name Aujusto Roca. In 1967, Caracalla became a professor, then later the director of La Esacuela de Artes Plasticas.
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