Enrique Alferez (1901 - 1999) was Mexican born Louisiana artist, best known as a sculptor in the art deco style. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial

"Fountain of the Winds", detail, New Orleans Lakefront Airport, 1930s

The son of a sculptor, young Enrique spent some time in the army of Poncho Villa in the Mexican Revolution before coming to the United States. Doroteo Arango Arámbula ( June 5 1878 &ndash July 20 1923) better known as Francisco or " Pancho " Villa The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He studied with Lorado Taft in Chicago, Illinois in the 1920s, then from 1929 on lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lorado Zadoc Taft ( April 29, 1860 – October 30, 1936) was an American sculptor writer and educator born in Elmwood Illinois in Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana His sculptures and reliefs adorn many parks, buildings, and landmarks in New Orleans and south Louisiana. In a Works Progress Administration program, he created many sculptures for City Park, New Orleans. The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest New Deal agency employing millions of people City Park is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Lakeview District Area its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission

Alferez painted an official portrait of Huey P. Long (who, Alfarez revealed decades later, he loathed). Huey Pierce Long Jr ( August 30, 1893 September 10, 1935) nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American Politician

His fountain at New Orleans Lakefront Airport is a well known local landmark. Lakefront Airport is a public Airport located in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He made reliefs for a number of buildings, including the Charity Hospital Building in New Orleans and the Palmolive Building in Chicago. The Palmolive Building, formerly the Playboy Building, is a 37 story Art Deco building at 919 N

Alferez remained active in to his later years, both as a working artist and an art teacher.