▁Mexican ▁art . ▁However , ▁like ▁other ▁artists ▁of ▁this ▁time , ▁especially ▁eng ra ver , ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁exception ally ▁political ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁restrict ▁his ▁work ▁to ▁social ▁and ▁political ▁them es . ▁ ▁Crit ics ▁in ▁Mexico ▁have ▁noted ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁an ▁ec lect ic ▁art istic ▁language ▁and ▁his ▁draw ings ▁and ▁eng rav ings ▁focus ▁on ▁mat ern ity ▁and ▁country ▁scenes , ▁still ▁lif es , ▁land sc apes ▁and ▁images ▁related ▁to ▁Mexican ▁national ism . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁app rent ice ▁to ▁a ▁Czech ▁eng ra ver ▁named ▁S ok oi , ▁learning ▁wood cut s ▁and ▁et ch ings . ▁In ▁the ▁latter ▁he ▁created ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁original ▁works . ▁Other ▁influ ences ▁in ▁his ▁work ▁include ▁that ▁of ▁Francisco ▁Go ya ▁and ▁Georges ▁Bra que ▁. ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 1 2 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 8 0 ▁death s ▁Category : M ex ican ▁eng ra vers ▁Category : Art ists ▁from ▁Ver ac ru z ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Ver ac ru z ▁( city ) ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁Mexican ▁artists <0x0A> </s> ▁James ▁Fro thing ham ▁( 1 7 8 6 – 1 8 6 4 ) ▁ ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁portrait ▁painter ▁in ▁Massachusetts ▁and ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁work ▁James ▁Fro thing ham ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Char l est own , ▁Massachusetts . ▁He ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁cha ise ▁painter ▁in ▁his ▁father