Child prodigy, Juan Soriano, was born on August 18, 1920. He began his art career working with artist Alfonso Martinez in 1933, at age 13, in the Expressionist and Neo-Baroque styles. He went on to work with several other artists, even traveling to live and work in Europe a few times, and became a painter, sculptor and also did theater work.
Soriano has taught art at a few institutions including La Esmeralda and Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. He won many honors and awards and numerous accountings of his life and work have been written. His paintings have been displayed all over the world and he has monumental sculptures at sites in Mexico as well as Europe.
His art included not only paintings and sculptures, but also ceramics, graphic arts and the creation of tapestries, costume and set design for theater. He felt art should not be political and even experimented with abstract art.
Pajaro con Semillas (Bird with Seeds)
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