Considered one of the most important artists of the Twentieth Century, Mexican muralist and painter Raul Anguiano was born February 26, 1915, in Guadalajara. One of ten children, he began drawing portraits from photographs at age 5! He left his school at age ten to study painting at Escuela Libre de Pintura in Guadalajara and later studied in Mexico City. He eventually became a muralist, and said to be the last to work with the great Diego Rivera, Anguiano went on to inspire the second generation of Mexican muralists.
Born in 1915, at the peak of the Mexican Revolution, his work focused on the worker movement, indigenous peoples, folk celebrations, traditions and religion. Through the years, his work also embraced other styles such as Cubism (Picasso), Surrealism, Realism, and Expressionism. Anguiano taught art at the primary as well as the collegiate levels. He illustrated several books and many catalogues of his work.
Raul Anguiano also had a second home in Huntington Beach, California. In 2006 he became ill in Los Angeles and was flown back to Mexico City, where he died of heart problems.
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