Carlos Alvarado Lang

Who was Carlos Alvarado Lang?

Carlos Alvarado Lang was a Mexican printmaker.

Alvarado Lang studied printmaking under Emiliano Valadéz at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. In 1929 he followed Emiliano Valadéz on his chair. After the course offer of the ENBA was expanded in 1930, he got the chair of engraving. From 1942 to 1949 he was director of the ENBA.

Posthumously his works were exhibited at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda", in the Museo de Arte Moderno, the museum of the Palacio de Bellas Artes and in further notable institutions.

When he was only 14 he began his studies in the National School of Fine Arts.

His masterpieces has been around the world including:

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

XYLON- International Society of Wood Engravers, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City

XYLON, at the Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

V International Exhibition Black and White, Lugano, Switzerland