Arturo Garcia Bustos

Mexican, (1926–2017)

Arturo Garcia Bustos was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1926. He attended the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas and the Escuela de Pintura y Escultura. Bustos was an apprentice in mural painting with Diego Rivera and learned engraving and lithography working at the Taller de Gráfica Popular. He also taught engraving at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Guatemala City and was the founder of the Taller de Grabado (Engraving workshop) in Chapultepec, Mexico City. His artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, Mexico, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Printing Museum in Houston, Texas. He died in Mexico City, Mexico in 2017.