Ricardo Favela, 62; helped create Chicano art group, was longtime professor

“Ricardo Favela, a founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force, a group of Mexican American artists who used poster art to support Chicano civil rights causes, has died. He was 62.

Favela, who was on the faculty of the art department at Sacramento State, died of a heart attack July 15 in Visalia, Calif., his daughter Florentina said. A resident of Sacramento, he had attended a family party in Visalia and died in his sleep later that night.

Favela was best known for his silk-screen posters that announced political rallies, community projects and art events. He often used skeleton figures in his work in the tradition of Mexican folk art.”

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