Background
DÍAZ DE LEÓN, Francisco was born in 1897 in Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico.
DÍAZ DE LEÓN, Francisco was born in 1897 in Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico.
Educated Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1917-1919. Teacher, Escuela Central de Artes Plásticas, 1920-1933.
Director, 1933; director, open air painting school, Tlalpam, 1925-1933. Corrector, exposition hall, ministry of edn., 1931-1932. Typographical supervisor of publications, Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1934.
Director, Escuela de Artes del Libro. IVorks: largely engravings, woodcuts, lithographs, and etchings. Has recently devoted increasing attention to posters.
Has illustrated many books, including Treinta asuntos mejicanos by Manuel Toussaint, 1928. Campanitas de plata by Silva y Aceves. Viajes al siglo XIX by Gabriel Fernández Ledesma, 1933.
El Gavilán by Castillo Nájera.