... in El Barrio. In 1947 he took advantage of a G.I. bill scholarship to attend the Academia de San Carlos, Mexico, where he experimented with fresco painting, drawing, and printmaking. He became familiar with the legendary Mexican print studio Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) and its artists, although he did not formally study there. He traveled extensively throughout the country and lived with the Zapoteca Indians. In 1948 Tufiño married a Mexican woman, Luz María (Lucha) Aguirre, and in 1949 his first daughter, Nitza, was born. In 1950 upon his return to Puerto Rico, Tufiño expanded his growing interest in printmaking. In collaboration with Lorenzo Homar, José A. Torres Martinó, and Félix Rodriguez Báez, he founded Centro de Arte Puertorriqueña (CAP), where he honed his linocut techniques. One year later in 1951, Tufiño became a member of the División de Educación de la Comunidad (DIVEDCO), where he worked as a ...

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