Portrait of a Young Girl Holding Trinkets, on patio, overlooking courtyard. ARTIST: Agapito Labios (1898 – 1996). Born: 1898 – Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Known for: Folk art figure painting. Name variants: Labios Agapito, Agipito Labios. Paintings have been professionally restored by Heritage Art Restoration (by Seyo Cizmic) in San Diego. Agapito Labios was born Agapito Engel Cifuentes in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico in September of 1898. He took an active part in the Mexican Revolution and was put in prison. There he started painting the cell wall. The mayor of the town saw his paintings, liked them, and ordered him to paint his two little girls. Thus his artistic career began. Labios was a self taught artist and made his living doing portraits – painting his children in the primitive Mexican style. He later had a shop called Mercado de Artesanias at La Ciudadela in Mexico City where his work was sought out by collectors worldwide. Katherine Hepburn was just one of his high profile collectors who had works by Agapito Labios hanging on her walls. He died in 1996, and his son currently owns the shop. His son is also a gifted painter, although much different in style from his father.