Pioneer Mexican muralist, Ramon Alva de la Canal was born today, August 29, 1892, in Mexico City. He studied at the Academy of San Carlos and then under Alfredo Ramos Martinez at the Escuela de Pinturas al Aire Libre, in Coyoacan. He was a member of the Sindicato de Obreros Technicos Pintures, Escultures y Grabadores. Alva de la Canal also fought in the Mexican Revolution.
His mural work was in the *fresco technique and most was culturally or politically themed. The largest and perhaps most important project was a monument to Jose Maria Morelos, consisting of 56 panels that he painted with fellow artist Pepe Diaz. In addition to mural painting, he also was an engraver, using his images to further his political views.
Alva de la Canal believed in access to technology to further the success of mankind. He felt to be an artist and get across one's views required a "sensitivity, spiritual delicacy, a certain nervous conformation and the will to embrace it."
*fresco: the creation of mural panels done by mixing pigment with wet plaster.
The fresco mural I am including today is found at Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso. The artist created the first fresco of twentieth century Mexico there, in 1922.
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