Alberto Mijangos

Alberto Mijangos (born July 25, 1925, Mexico City – June 19, 2007 San Antonio, Texas) was a Mexican American artiste and painter.

Mijangos was born in Mexico City. Mijangos dropped out of bookish in Mexico. However, he went upon to scrutiny at the San Carlos Art Academy in Mexico City and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He witnessed Diego Rivera, considered one of Mexico's most well-off artists, paint murals upon the country's National Palace.

Mijangos moved to the city of San Antonio, Texas, sometime in the 1950s. His paintings were abstracts that dealt taking into consideration social and spiritual issues. Mijangos began functioning a small museum for the Mexican management in San Antonio, Texas, in 1959. The downtown San Antonio museum has past become known as the Instituto de Mexico en San Antonio. After desertion the Instituto, Mijangos ran the Blue Door Gallery, and unconventional Salon Mijangos, a small art studious with a gallery space on the south side of San Antonio.

Mijangos died upon June 19, 2007, of lymphoma.

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