Jorge gonzalez camarena biography

 First self portrait, oil on canvas, Private collection.

The muralist, painter and sculptor Jorge González Camarena () was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Jorge gonzalez camarena biography

He attended the Fine Arts Academy of San Carlos (“Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas”) in Mexico City. In headed a movement to promote Diego Rivera to be the dean of the Fine Arts Academy of San Carlos.

Jorge was part of the Second Generation of the Mexican School of Painting.

He was a member of the Seminar of Mexican Culture (“Seminario de Cultura Mexicana”), the Arts Academy, member of the Commission to Protect and Preserve the Murals of Mexico of INBA (“Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes”), and president of the Mexican Association of Plastic Arts (“Asociacion Mexicana de Artes Plásticas AMAPAC.”)

Throughout his career González Camarena earned many coveted awards, such as “Insignia Jose Clemente Orozco” from the Congress of Jalisco State in , second prize at