Francisco "Paco" Larez, was born in Venezuela in 1936 and was active in New York. His work is found in collections throughout the United States including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, MA, the Albion Prints Collection, Albion College, MI, the Grinnell College Museum of Art, IA, and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA. In 1967 he exhibited his works at the Everson Museum and Weyhe Gallery in New York.