José Manuel Acosta Bello

José Manuel Acosta y Bello was a Cuban painter, photographer, cartoonist, sculptor, and artist.

Biography He graduated with first letters from a Catholic Seminary. After graduating, he became a clerk of an "old style" business house, commission agent, bookkeeper, used car salesman, alcohol tax inspector, and failed business shareholder. Acosta would often illustrate his brother's poems that would appear in magazines like Social and Carteles. By the age of 35, he had submitted at least 35 drawings to Conrado Massaguer to be reviewed and printed in Social alongside his brother's work. From New York, he contributed images of New York, and images of modern airplanes for ''Social.

Acosta was a great personal friend of José Zacarías Tallet, and also illustrated many of his poems.