Alfredo Zalce

Mexican, (1908–2003)

Alfredo Zalce was born in Patzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico in 1908. He attended San Carlos Academy in Mexico City, and La Escuela de Talla Directa. He taught drawing at various primary schools from 1932 to 1935. In 1944, he became the director at La Esmeralda, (The National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking). He also worked as a professor at the Universidad Autónoma de nuevo León (Autonomous University of Nuevo León) and the Escuela Popular de Bellas Artes. When he wasn’t teaching, he illustrated books with academic and social themes. He died in Patzcuaro, Mexico in 2003.