Artist · El Salvador
“painter”
Toño Salazar
1897
Santa Tecla
El Salvador
caricaturist
1986
Santa Tecla
Toño Salazar.
El Salvador, 1897 to 1986
Antonio "Toño" Salazar (June 1897, December 1986) was a Salvadoran caricaturist, illustrator and diplomat. Born in Santa Tecla, in 1920 he went to study in Mexico on an art scholarship then in 1922 traveled to France to join the throng of artists and writers from around the world who were living, working, and learning in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris. Salazar became friends with Mexican writer/diplomat José María González de Mendoza and the Guatemalan writer Luis Cardoza y Aragón.
Biodata
- Born
- 1897, Santa Tecla
- Died
- 1986, Santa Tecla
- Citizenship
- El Salvador
- Work
- painter, caricaturist
Toño Salazar, in numbers
Sketchbook