Born on April 29, 1937, Javier Arevalo was a Mexican contemporary artist, from Guadalajara. He became interested in art at age ten after winning an art contest and started taking private lessons. He began his art study at The School of Arts and Letters in Guadalajara, later moved on to the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, in Mexico City.
His work has been shown all over the world. He has won several awards and in 1963 he was made art director at La Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes at Universidad de Morelia, Michoacan. He became regarded a "pioneer" in magic realism.
The painting below is titled Peregrinos or Pilgrims...
Magic Realism-introduction of a fantasy element or something too fantastical to be believed, into a super realistic work...thus...magic!
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