Mexican painter, Angel Zarraga, was born on August 16, 1836, in Durango. His father was a physician. He became interested in art early on and attended Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes before going to Europe for further study, in 1904. In Europe he exhibited in Belgium, Spain, France and Italy, returning to Mexico only sporadically and moved to France in 1911. Cezanne and Giotto were influences for his painting.
At the outbreak of World War II, in 1941, Zarraga returned to Mexico to live and worked with the mural movement, painting several murals. There is a museum for contemporary art dedicated to Angel Zarraga in Durango, Mexico. His painting below is titled "The Gift".
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