José María Tranquilino Francisco de Jesús Velasco Gómez Obregón, generally known as José María Velasco, was a 19th-century Mexican polymath, most famous as a painter who made Mexican geography a symbol of national identity through his paintings. Wikipedia
Born: July 6, 1840, Temascalcingo, Mexico
Died: August 26, 1912 (age 72 years), Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City
Known for: Painting, landscapes and portraits
Education: Academy of San Carlos
Parents: Felipe Velasco and María Antonia Gómez-Obregón de Velasco
Notable work: El valle de México
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