Today, painter and muralist, Gabriel Flores was born in 1930, in Guadalajara. He was interested in art from an early age and studied in earnest at the School of Fine Arts at University of Guadalajara beginning at age 17.
He formed a Neo-Realist group with fellow artists to challenge the abstract movement of the times. His favored themes were historical and universal; of course his influences were Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco. Flores painted murals for various government entities in states across Mexico, including libraries, offices and auditoriums. His pinnacle project is said to be Los Niños Héroes, a depiction of the historic Battle of Chapultepec in the Mexican-American War. It is said that the six young military cadets were the last to stave off the US troops invading Chapultepec Castle, fighting to their death. The last one leapt from the tower wrapped in the Mexican flag.
In the 70's, Flores began to concentrate on his own ideas about social problems. He did several murals on injustices of society such as Culto al Dinero (Worship of Money).
Gabriel Flores died in 1993.
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