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Birth
1904 (Mexico City, Mexico)
Death
1957
Lived/Active
New York / Mexico
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book and magazine illustration, caricatures, and mural painting
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Mexican born Miguel Covarrubias was known for his painted murals,
caricatures, illustrations and scholarly writings. He was born in
the Bohemian section of Mexico City on November 22, 1904. The son
of a civil engineer, Covarrubias dropped out of high school at the age
of fourteen. He went to work for his father drawing maps and
eventually became a self-taught artist.
He moved to New York
City in 1923, and soon after he gained recognition as an illustrator,
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