Angel Zamarripa Art for Sale at Auction

Caricaturist, b. 1912 - d. 1990

Angel Zamarripa Landi (November 16, 1912 – July 6, 1990) was a Mexican cartoonist and watercolor artist, best known for his satirical work which appeared in Mexican newspapers and magazines for over fifty years. His work was exhibited in Mexico and abroad and he was a founding member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Grabadores.

Zamarripa was born in Morelia, Michoacán on November 16, 1912.[1][2] He completed high school in Mexico City and then enrolled into the Academy of San Carlos in 1929, studying under Germán Gedovius, Fidias Elizondo, Sóstenes Ortega, Francisco de la Torre and Pastor Velázquez. During this time he worked at the Imprenta Mundial publishing house, where he met illustrator Andrés Audiffred, who taught him how to illustrate comics.[1]

In 1946, he continued his training at the Escuela de las Artes del Libro, where he learned engraving from Carlos Alvarado Lang, Pedro Castelar and Francisco Díaz de León.[1]

He was married to Carmen Perez, which whom he had 2 children and 2 granddaughters.[2]

He died in Mexico City on July 6, 1990 of kidney failure.