Alfredo Zalce Torres Mexican 1908-2003 - Landscape Painting with Adobe home. Oil on Canvas. Signed & Dated (19) 66 Lower Left. 13.50" x 17.25". Artist was a Mexican artist and contemporary of Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros and other better-known muralists. He worked principally as a painter, sculptor, and engraver, also taught, and was involved in the foundation of a number of institutions of culture and education. He is said to have turned down Mexico's Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes before finally accepting it in 2001. Before his death, Sotheby's described him as "the most important living Mexican artist up to date"