Guerrero Galván was born in Tonalá, Jalisco, in 1910. He studied at the San Antonio Art School in Texas and in 1928 he moved to Guadalajara, where he made his first mural, to study at the Escuela de... Read full biography
Guerrero Galván was born in Tonalá, Jalisco, in 1910. He studied at the San Antonio Art School in Texas and in 1928 he moved to Guadalajara, where he made his first mural, to study at the Escuela de Pintura Libre. He lived in Mexico City in the 1930s and became quite known for his figurative... Read full biography
Guerrero Galván was born in Tonalá, Jalisco, in 1910. He studied at the San Antonio Art School in Texas and in 1928 he moved to Guadalajara, where he made his first mural, to study at the Escuela de Pintura Libre. He lived in Mexico City in the 1930s and became quite known for his figurative paintings. He was part of what was called the Movimiento de Creación Plástica, which was contemporary to the Mexican Muralist Movement. Besides mural painting, Galván worked in oil paintings, lithographs,... Read full biography
Guerrero Galván was born in Tonalá, Jalisco, in 1910. He studied at the San Antonio Art School in Texas and in 1928 he moved to Guadalajara, where he made his first mural, to study at the Escuela de Pintura Libre. He lived in Mexico City in the 1930s and became quite known for his figurative paintings. He was part of what was called the Movimiento de Creación Plástica, which was contemporary to the Mexican Muralist Movement. Besides mural painting, Galván worked in oil paintings, lithographs, and illustrations. In 1947, he illustrated a book about Quetzacoatl, written by Ermilo Abreu Gómez. He is also considered to be one of the best portrait artists in Mexican history. In the political realm, Guerrero Galván was also a member of groups... Read full biography
Guerrero Galván was born in Tonalá, Jalisco, in 1910. He studied at the San Antonio Art School in Texas and in 1928 he moved to Guadalajara, where he made his first mural, to study at the Escuela de Pintura Libre. He lived in Mexico City in the 1930s and became quite known for his figurative paintings. He was part of what was called the Movimiento de Creación Plástica, which was contemporary to the Mexican Muralist Movement. Besides mural painting, Galván worked in oil paintings, lithographs, and illustrations. In 1947, he illustrated a book about Quetzacoatl, written by Ermilo Abreu Gómez. He is also considered to be one of the best portrait artists in Mexican history. In the political realm, Guerrero Galván was also a member of groups like Alianza de Trabajadores de Artes Plásticas, and he was a founding member of the Unión de Pintores y Grabadores... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (4)
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Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States, 1920-1970
1988
Quirarte, Jacinto
343 pages (color)
The Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings (Exhibition catalog)