Luis de Mena

Luis de Mena was a Mexican artist who lived and worked predominantly in the middle of the eighteenth century.

"[1][2] He signed a work entitled "Most Holy Mother of Light", now on display in the Serra Museum in San Diego, California.

[13][14] This painting also shares more common features with others of its kind, including fruits native to Mexico and idealized scenes of daily life in the top and bottom panels.

His paintings are, as a whole, more idealistic, suggesting he belonged to a school of art which emphasized the exotic and paradisiacal elements of New Spain.

[16] His birthplace and date, as well as his own social standing and any specific art school or academy to which he may have belonged to, remain unknown.