Francisco Mora was born in 1922 in the central-western state of Michoacán

Michoacán

Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...

 His father was a weaver, musician, and Mexican artist. In 1941, Mora relocated to Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 where he began exhibiting with the Taller de Gráfica Popular, a communal graphics workshop founded by artists Leopold Méndez, Pablo O'Higgins

Pablo O'Higgins

Pablo Esteban O'Higgins was an American-Mexican artist, muralist and illustrator....

 and Luis Arenal that built on Mexico’s rich tradition of political printmaking in order to advance revolutionary political and social causes.

In 1947, Mora married renowned African-American artist Elizabeth Catlett

Elizabeth Catlett

Elizabeth Catlett Mora is an African-American sculptor and printmaker. Catlett is best known for the black, expressionistic sculptures and prints she produced during the 1960s and 1970s, which are seen as politically charged....

, with whom he exhibited widely.

External links

• Listings for over 300 works produced by Francisco Mora during his time at the Taller de Gráfica Popular can be viewed at Gráfica Mexciana.
• Francisco Mora on Artnet
  
• Works by Francisco Mora at Davidson Galleries