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Mexican artist, graphic designer and artisan

Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo (–) was a Mexican artist, graphic designer and artisan best known for his series of Christmas cards produced for UNICEF in the s, as well as known in Mexico for his furniture designs and promotion of traditional handcrafts.

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Rangel lived and worked during his life at his childhood home called Nogueras Hacienda. When he died, he donated the property and his large collection of Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition ceramics to University of Colima, which converted into a research center, which includes a museum dedicated to Rangel's works and collections.

Early life

Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo was born in , living and working most of his life at his family's property called the Nogueras Hacienda in Comala, Colima, Mexico. Rangel was the eldest of three sons, who grandfather acquired the hacienda, converting it to producing sugar cane and processed sugar.^[1]

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