| Feliciano Peña | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Herminio Feliciano Peña Aguilera |
| Born | April 25, 1915 Silao |
| Died | May 16, 1982 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Field | painting, sculpture, engraving |
| Movement | Mexican muralism |
Herminio Feliciano Peña Aguilera (b. Silao, April 25, 1915 – May 16, 1982) was a Mexican painter, sculptor and engraver.
Peña moved to Mexico City in 1926, where he visited the open air painting school of Tlalpan after 1927. Due to a scholarship in 1933, he completed his studies of sculpture and engraving, and got the chance to exhibit some of his works in the art hall of the Secretaría de Educación Pública. In 1937 he painted together with José Chávez Morado and Francisco Gutiérrez Carreola a mural at the Escuela Normal in Xalapa. Peña was member of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios, founding member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana and of the Mexican engravers' association Sociedad Mexicana de Grabadores. He was multiple awarded.[1]