Raúl Velázquez Olivera (Mexico City, 1929 – 2005) studied at the Academia de San Carlos (San Carlos Academy). He was a member of the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas (National Front of Fine Arts) and, participated in the 1955 Mexican Paintings and Prints exhibition in Poland. The following year, he exhibited at the Galería Artistas Mexicanos Unidos (United Mexican Artists Gallery), also organized by the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas.

Velázquez Olivera created a mural for the Hotel Virreyes in Mexico City and participated in several exhibitions at the Romano Gallery. In 1959, he contributed to the illustration of the first free textbooks, which were published in 1960. Throughout his career, he also illustrated several archaeology books, including some by Enrique Florescano and others by his daughter, the archaeologist Adriana Velázquez Morlet.