1. Francisco Benjamin Lopez Toledo was a Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist.
11 Facts About Francisco Toledo
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Francisco Toledo was considered part of the Breakaway Generation of Mexican art.
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Francisco Toledo studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, in Oaxaca City, and the Centro Superior de Artes Aplicadas of INBAL, in Mexico City, where he studied graphic arts with Guillermo Silva Santamaria.
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Francisco Toledo worked in various media, including pottery, sculpture, weaving, graphic arts, and painting.
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Francisco Toledo's work is known for its portrayal of flora and fauna, mythical imagery, and erotic content.
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Francisco Toledo lived and worked in Paris starting in 1960 and returned to Mexico in 1965.
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Francisco Toledo lived briefly in New York in the late 1970s, holding an exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York.
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Francisco Toledo's work was shown at both the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum of Chicago in 1984.
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Francisco Toledo married three times, secondly to poet and translator Elisa Ramirez Castaneda and thirdly to Danish weaver Trine Ellitsgaard.
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Francisco Toledo was father of poet Natalia Toledo and artists Laureana Toledo and Dr Lakra.
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Francisco Toledo died on 5 September 2019 at the age of 79.