Manuel gregorio acosta biography of william

Biography

Manuel Acosta (–) was a Mexican-American painter and illustrator who was born into an impoverished family in Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico, on May 9, His father, Ramón P.

Acosta, had fought in the Mexican Revolution with Pancho Villa, and the Mexican Revolution was a recurring theme in Manuel's paintings.

Manuel gregorio acosta biography of william

The family moved to El Paso, Texas, United States, in

Manuel Acosta served in the United States Air Force during World War II, and became an American citizen shortly after discharge. In the fall of he attended the College of Mines and Metallurgy (now the University of Texas at El Paso), where he studied drawing and sculpture under sculptor Urbici Soler (–).

In he became an apprentice to painter Peter Hurd on a mural project about pioneer Texas located at the West Texas Museum in Lubbock. He spent a year at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and six months at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before establishing his home and studio in El Paso, Texas.

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