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Matias Santoyo (1905–1975) was a Mexican caricaturist, muralist, painter, and film art department illustrator, born in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. Santoyo was active in the early and mid-20th century primarily in Mexico, California and New York, drawing and painting in an expressionist style which was influenced by other styles of the period to include art deco, constructivism and cubism. Santoyo's illustration work was published in magazines and periodicals of the day such as the New Yorker Magazine. Santoyo was known to have associated with other artists of his time such as Carmen Mondragon, Rufino Tamayo, Edward Weston, Juan Tablada, and Miguel Covarrubias. Santoyo also did work in films as an illustrator and minor actor in Hollywood and Mexico in the 1930's. Santoyo is very well known for painting a widely visited mural inside the lobby of the Rosarito Beach Hotel in Baja California Mexico. In 2009 Santoyo's life and work was presented in a showing for Casa de la Cultura Diego Rivera in the city of León, Mexico.

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http://www.bajatimes.com/rosarito_things.asp

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764334/

http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=CvUtAQAAIAAJ&q=Mat%C3%ADas+Santoyo&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=6

http://moralex-cine.blogspot.mx/2009/10/matias-santoyo.html#!/2009/10/matias-santoyo.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Mondrag%C3%B3n

http://artesvisualesicl.blogspot.com/2010/01/de-michoacan-broadway-matias-santoyo-y.html