Mario Moreno Zazueta is a painter, etcher and art professor born in

Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

in 1942. He received his artistic training at the Academia Artes Plásticas of the

Universidad de Sonora The University of Sonora ( Universidad de Sonora, abbreviated as Unison) is a public university in the northwestern state of Sonora, Mexico that has a strong research program. The university was founded in 1942 and is considered the main cultu ...

and at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura y Escultura La Esmeralda in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

. After this, he also went to

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

, California to study as well. Moreno notes that his main artistic influence has been

Héctor Martínez Arteche Héctor Martínez Arteche (1934 – October 3, 2011) was a Mexican painter and muralist. He was born in Mexico City, but spent most of his life in the state of Sonora. Most of his mural work can be seen in Hermosillo, Ciudad Obregón and Navojoa, t ...

. Moreno's work has been displayed in numerous shows and galleries in various parts of the world, where is work is known for its abstract experimentation with color, light and shadow. His best-known works include Premonición del atardecer, Llovió en alguna parte, El agua del norte nunca llega, Premonición del invierno and Las horas quietas. Today, he is a professor at the Universidad de Sonora.

References

20th-century Mexican painters Mexican male painters 21st-century Mexican painters People from Hermosillo 1942 births Living people Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" alumni Universidad de Sonora alumni 20th-century Mexican male artists 21st-century Mexican male artists {{mexico-painter-stub