Carlos Bueno (artist)

Carlos Bueno was a draftsman, painter and muralist who helped launch the Chicano art movement[1] in the 1970s as co-founder of Self-Help Graphics & Art.

Bueno was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico but lived in the United States throughout the 1970s before returning to Mexico for the final years of his life.[2] Along with his partner, the photographer Antonio Ibañez, he helped to found Los Angeles' annual Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead celebration.[2] [3]

He was largely known for his drawings and while he painted a number of murals in his lifetime, only one or two survive.[4][5] In April 2001, just months before his death, he had a solo exhibit at The Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park.[6]

He died on August 18, 2001 in Mazatlan, Mexico.[2]

References
  1. Jackson, Carlos Francisco. "Community Art Centers and Workshops: Self Help Graphics and Art, Inc., 1970-." In Chicana and Chicano Art: ProtestArte. University of Arizona Press, 2009. pp. 159-161.
  2. WOO, ELAINE (5 September 2001). "Carlos Bueno, 60; L.A. Art Pioneer" – via LA Times.
  3. "Chicano Art". www.chicanoart.org.
  4. http://www.muralconservancy.org/murals/las-novellas
  5. "Carlos Bueno, 60, painter and muralist".
  6. "Co-fournder of Self-Help Graphics Dies : LA IMC". la.indymedia.org.


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