Jorge González Camarena was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco in 1908. He studied under Mateo Herrera and Francisco Díaz de León at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts and in 1925 was chosen by Dr. Atl to illustrate his book "Las iglesias de México". From 1932 to 1933 he lived in Huejotzingo, where, commissioned by the Director of Colonial Monuments, he restored the frescoes of the XVI Century convent. He painted several murals: Mexico (Seguro Social Building); Germination, Coatlicue, The Presence of Latin American (Santiago de Chile), Life and Industry, The Conquest. He also created monumental sculptures in diverse cities of Mexico. His impeccably easel paintings are mostly illustrative of scenes indigenous to Mexico.
