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Gerardo Murillo (October 3, 1875 – August 15, 1964) Mexican painter, print-maker, writer, theorist, vulcanologist and politician. Better known by his pseudonym, which signifies 'Doctor Water' in Nahuatl and which he adopted in 1902, Murillo first studied art in Guadalajara and from 1890 to 1896 at the Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City, w his vocation became clear. In 1899 he traveled to Europe and settled in Rome, w the work of Michelangelo had a profound impact on him. He traveled to other countries to study and to learn about avant-garde painting. He went back to Mexico in 1904 and seven years later returned to Europe, only to rush back when the Revolution broke out in Mexico. He joined the revolutionary movement, taking an active role in its various activities, including the muralist movement, through which he was associated with Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Although he practiced portrait painting, his passion was for landscape in a variety of techniques and materials, some of them invented by him; for example, he used 'atlcolours', which were simply crayons made of wax, resins and pigment with which he could obtain textures not obtainable with oil paint. His favored supports were rigid surfaces such as wood or hardboard.The drawing was done in charcoal. It measures 16 x 13 inches The piece
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