Melesio casas biography

          Melesio "Mel" Casas was an American artist, activist, writer and teacher.

        1. Melesio "Mel" Casas was an American artist, activist, writer and teacher.
        2. Born in El Paso, Texas, Casas received his BA from the Texas Western University and an MFA from the University of the Americas in Mexico.
        3. Mel is considered one of the most important founders of the Chicano Arts Movement.
        4. Melesio Casas was a Chicano artist, writer teacher and activist.
        5. San Antonio-based artist Mel Casas died on November 30, after a two-year battle with cancer.

          6. Mel is considered one of the most important founders of the Chicano Arts Movement.!

          Mel Casas

          American painter

          Melesio "Mel" Casas

          Born(1929-11-24)November 24, 1929

          El Paso, Texas, U.S.

          DiedNovember 30, 2014(2014-11-30) (aged 85)

          San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

          NationalityAmerican
          Known forChicano Art and Writing
          Notable workHumanscape 62
          SpouseGrace Casas
          Websitehttp://www.melcasas.com

          Melesio "Mel" Casas (November 24, 1929 – November 30, 2014) was an American artist, activist, writer and teacher.

          He is best known for a cycle of complex, large-scale paintings characterized by cutting wit, incisive cultural and political analysis, and verbal and visual puns that he called Humanscapes, which were painted between 1965 and 1989.

          Only a few of these Humanscapes address Chicano topics,[1] though they are his most famous paintings, and "have appeared repeatedly in books and exhibitions" and "are rightfully regarded as formative icons of the Chicano art movement."[2] Many of the Humanscape painti