Carlos Alvarado Lang

Carlos Encinas González and Lola Cueto are recorded as having studied under Carlos Alvarado Lang. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with Academy of San Carlos. Work by Carlos Alvarado Lang is recorded in the collections of Blanton Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, McNay Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museo Nacional de Arte.

• Name — Carlos Alvarado Lang • Other Names — Carlos Alvarado-Lang • Born — 14 January 1905 • Birthplace — La Piedad de Cabadas, Michoacán, Mexico • Died — 3 September 1961 • Place of death — Mexico City, Mexico • Education — Academy of San Carlos • Known for — printmaking

Carlos Alvarado Lang was born January 14, 1905, in La Piedad de Cabadas, Michoacán, Mexico. When he was age 14, he began his studies in the National School of Fine Arts (Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas de la Universidad Nacional autónoma de México). Alvarado Lang studied printmaking under engraver Emiliano Valadéz at the Academy of San Carlos (Spanish: Academia de San Carlos, also Escuela Nacional de San Carlos) in Mexico City. In 1929, he followed Emiliano Valadéz on his chair. After the coursework offer at the Academy of San Carlos was expanded in 1930, he got the chair of metal engraving. From 1942 to 1949 he was director of the Academy of San Carlos. He had many notable students, including Lola Cueto. Posthumously his works were exhibited at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" (1963); in the Museo de Arte Moderno (1971); the museum of the Palacio de Bellas Artes (1981); and in further notable institutions.