Pablo O'Higgins (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 1904 – Mexico City, 1983) was an expressionist and romantic painter who was trained in the United States. After seeing a mural by Diego Rivera in a magazine, he contacted the master by letter, and Rivera invited him to visit Mexico. He arrived in 1924, where Rivera accepted him as a collaborator on the murals at the Secretaría de Educación Pública (Ministry of Public Education) building. Despite his admiration for Diego, O'Higgins maintained a personal vision and independent judgment, which allowed his work to flourish in its full potential as a great muralist and easel painter. 

He taught for several years at La Esmeralda (National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking). In 1959, he received the Award from the Annual Engraving and Lithography Salon of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature). Before joining the foundation of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists), he taught art at the Cultural Missions of Zacatecas and Durango and collaborated on the first monograph published about José Guadalupe Posada, a co-edition of the Mexican magazine, Graphic Workshops of the Nation, and the U.S. magazine Mexican Folkways. In solidarity with the people of Mexico, he painted in awe of its landscapes, highlighting the determination and commitment of hardworking people, and defended them by denouncing injustice through his murals.