Alberto Mijangos

Alberto Mijangos was a Mexican-American artist and painter.
Mijangos was born in Mexico City. Mijangos dropped out of school in Mexico. However, he went on to study at the San [Carlos Art Academy] in Mexico City and the School of the [Art Institute of Chicago]. He witnessed Diego Rivera, considered one of Mexico's most successful artists, paint murals on the country's National [Palace (Mexico)|National Palace].
Mijangos moved to the city of San Antonio, Texas, sometime in the 1950s. His paintings were abstracts that dealt with social and spiritual issues. Mijangos began operating a small museum for the Mexican government in San Antonio, Texas, in 1959. The downtown San Antonio museum has since become known as the Instituto [de Mexico en San Antonio]. After leaving the Instituto, Mijangos ran the Blue Door Gallery, and later Salon Mijangos, a small art school with a gallery space on the south side of San Antonio.
Mijangos died on June 19, 2007, of lymphoma.