A master painter and supervisor of printing at DIVEDCO, Hernandez Acevedo was also a boxer, cobbler, singer and cook. He raised 18 children (17 boys), both biological and adopted. His work is in some of the most important museums in the world, and he is recognized as the master painter of Puerto Rico. (DIVEDCO, deceased)
— Antonio Carrión, 2008
Of the 316 posters in the collection, 3 are by Manuel Hernandez Acevedo.