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 Vallarta Living | Art Talk | January 2006 
Famed Mexican Painter Raúl Anguiano Mourned
 Newswire - El Universal
| | Raúl Anguiano, whose work can be found in museums around the world, was considered with Alfredo Zalce and José Chávez Morado to be a part of the second generation of the Mexican Muralists, following in the footsteps of Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. |
Famed Mexican painter Raúl Anguiano, considered the heir apparent to the sweeping artistic styles inspired by the bloody 1910-1917 Mexican Revolution, was laid in honor Saturday in the nation´s premier center for the arts after his death on Friday.
As reported by Mexico´s largest television network, Televisa, Anguiano was in Los Angeles when he began to feel ill and asked his wife Briggita to take him back to Mexico. He died at the capital´s Hospital Central Militar late Friday, according to the government news agency Notimex, after being hospitalized with heart and lung problems. He was 90.
In a statement released Saturday, President Vicente Fox said that Anguiano will be remembered "as one of Mexico´s greatest visual artists."
After a family vigil held in the south of Mexico City, the body of the artist was moved to the Palacio de Bellas Artes around noon on Saturday. There his coffin was on display for two hours while members of the artistic community paid their respects to the revered painter.
It was in the halls of Bellas Artes where Anguiano first met Diego Rivera as he completed work on the mural on the north wall of the Art Deco-infused national landmark. In 1936, he held one of the most important shows of his career in the palace´s museum.
The artist, whose work can be found in museums around the world, was considered with Alfredo Zalce and José Chávez Morado to be a part of the second generation of the Mexican Muralists, following in the footsteps of Rivera and José Clemente Orozco.
The director for the National Fine Arts Institute (INBA), Saúl Juárez, said after the viewing ceremony, that he is seeking to posthumously award Anguiano with the Medal of Fine Arts for his contribution to Mexican Art and Culture.
Anguiano was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on February 26, 1915, and attended the Free School of Painting there at age 12.
He moved to Mexico City in 1934 and was a founding member of the Popular Graphics Workshop and an art teacher at the Autonomous University of Mexico.
In an interview with The Herald Mexico last year, he pondered the roots of his success.
"I´ve been giving (it) a lot of thought lately, and have come to the conclusion that the wealth of an artist cannot be measured in money; it is the wealth of human contact. And I have been very lucky," he said. |
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