Alejandro Lozano Morales (March 17, 1939 – March 30, 2003) was a Spanish artist, painter and mosaic muralist.
Alejandro Lozano was born in La Toba, Guadalajara, Spain. He studied humanities at the El Pardo Seminary in Madrid from 1951 to 1957. On 13 March 1965 he was ordinated as a priest. From 1965 to 1969, he studied at the Conservatori Municipal dâÂÂArts Massana (Applied Arts School) in Barcelona, where he obtained a graduate qualification in Applied Arts, specializing in painting, mural techniques and refurbishment processes. As a Capuchin brother, he lived at the Pompeia cloister in Barcelona.
During July and August 1966, he attended the courses âÂÂCorsi estivi di Pintura' at the Scola di Bella Arti "Pietro Vannucci" in Perugia (Italy). That same year, he enrolled at the Fine Arts University of Barcelona (Escola Superior de Belles Arts Sant Jordi).
In 1968, he attended the âÂÂCorso de alta culturaâ at the âÂÂUniversitàItaliana per Stranieriâ in Perugia (Italy), and exhibited his work in the âÂÂMostra in Centro Internazionaleâ (Crocevia).
Between 1970 and 1972, he completed "Good News", a mosaic mural (10x2 m) created for the altarpiece of the church at Ciutat Residencial de E. i D. in Marbella (Málaga, Spain). The curved surface of the mural adapts to the wall in an embracing gesture.
From 1972 through 1974, he created the large-format work "Calvary" (9x5 m). It is a mosaic installed at the main altar in the Cathedral of Tucupita (Delta Amacuro, Venezuela). During the same period, he also produced the mosaics "Saint Francis and Brother Sun" (15 m<sup>2</sup>), for the right nave of this cathedral, and "Divina Pastora" (15 m<sup>2</sup>), for the link nave.
During the period 1973-1974, he completed the Drawing Teaching courses at the Fine Arts University (Escola Superior de Belles Arts) in Barcelona. He obtained the Drawing Teacher Certificate, which allowed him to expand his teaching activity which he had begun years earlier.
From 1975 through 1978, he created the murals "Annuntiation", "Catequesis", "Baptism in the mission", "Christ and the Samaritan" (3x2 m<sup>2</sup>) and "ChristâÂÂs Baptism " for TucupitaâÂÂs Cathedral façade. "Santa Cecilia", "Saint Francis guided by an angel", "Saint Pius X" and "Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo" are round mosaic murals for the choir and central nave of the cathedral.
In May 1975, Lozano received a papal dispensation and married Francisca Tormo in Esparreguera (Catalonia, Spain).
From November to October 1978, he undertook his second trip to Venezuela and continued the ensemble of the façade, choir and central nave murals of TucupitaâÂÂs Cathedral.
In July 1981, he graduated from the University of Barcelona with a degree in Fine Arts.
On 26 September 1982, Tucupita's Cathedral was inaugurated at an event attended by several bishops and the President of the Venezuelan Republic.
Later in his life, Lozano continued his artistic mural and painting work, working as a painting and drawing teacher in Barcelona. He died in Barcelona on March 30, 2003, aged 63.