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Nationality
  
Mexican

Parents
  
Josefa Guinchard

Role
  
Painter


Name
  
Saturnino Herran

Known for
  
Painting

Children
  
Jose Francisco Herran

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Full Name
  
Saturnino Herran Guinchard

Born
  
9 July 1887 (
1887-07-09
)
Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Died
  
October 8, 1918, Mexico City, Mexico

Spouse
  
Rosario Arellano (m. 1914–1918)

Artwork
  
Our Gods, Old Man, The offering, Woman with pumpkin, Harvest

Similar People
  
Diego Rivera, Roberto Montenegro, Julio Ruelas, Antonio M Ruiz, Diego Velazquez

Saturnino Herrán Guinchard (Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 9 July 1887 – 8 October 1918, Mexico City) was a Mexican painter.

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In 1897 he took private drawing lessons in Aguascalientes, where, in 1901, he entered the Academy of Science. He took classes with José Inés Tovilla and Severo Amador, who taught him drawing and painting. In 1903, his father died. Two years later his family moved to Mexico City, where his fellow pupils were Diego Rivera and Roberto Montenegro. In 1906 he attended classes given by Leandro Izaguirre and Germán Gedovius in the National School of Fine Arts.

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Herrán did majestic paintings of Mexican indigenous people, giving them heroic strength and dignity. In 1910 he participated in the exhibition commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of Mexico's Independence. A desire to be a mural painter appeared at the end of his brief career, and in 1911 he completed large-scale paintings in the School of Arts and Crafts.

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Saturnino Herran: A collection of 53 works (HD)


Personal life/death

In 1912, at 25 years old, he met Rosario Arellano, his future wife. In 1914 they were married and had a son, José Francisco. He died on 8 October 1918 in Mexico City, aged 31,

References

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