Artist juan elias ramos biography

Antonio Lopez was born in Utuado, Puerto Rico on February 11th, 1943. In 1950 his family relocated to New York City where Lopez attended P.S. 77 and was later encouraged by his art teacher to attend the High School of Arts and Design, an incubator for teenagers who demonstrated exceptional artistic talent.

In 1962 Lopez enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City, where he met and began his life-long creative collaboration with Juan Ramos (b.

1942 in Caguas, Puerto Rico). Within 18 months, Lopez was offered a job as the in-house illustrator for Women’s Wear Daily, while simultaneously contributing to The New York Times Magazine.

Lopez’s career skyrocketed throughout the mid-1960s spiraling upwards through the nation's newspapers, magazines, and department stores.

As part of the international "youthquake", Lopez seized the opportunity to revolutionize an industry still mired in a mid-20th century "Anglo-Caucasian my