Mexican muralism pioneer, Xavier Guerrero was born on December 3, 1896, in San Pedro de las Colonias, Coahuila. His father was a bricklayer by trade, also working as a decorator and painter, Guerrero learned about color mixing early on and was largely self taught. He worked as an assistant to other muralists, Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, Carlos Merida, etc. Though he was considered a subordinate, he taught Rivera the method of preparing walls for fresco mural painting. Sadly much of his own mural work has disappeared.
He was a member of the muralism movement, but did not adhere to their political messages. Instead, he focused on landscape, flowers and fruit themes with humans and animals added in at times. His work was more philosophical and he felt "man and nature interact in a magical and poetic way." Guerrero's childhood experiences with helping his father decorate and paint are evident in the folk art leanings of his early work. His later canvas work was considered to be more desirable.
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