Jesús Guerrero Galván

Jesús Guerrero Galván (1910 – 1973)

Guerrero Galván was born in Tonalá, Jalisco, in 1910. He studied at the San Antonio Art School in Texas and in 1928 he moved to Guadalajara, where he made his first mural, to study at the Escuela de Pintura Libre. He lived in [Mexico City] in the 1930s and became quite known for his figurative paintings. He was part of what was called the Movimiento de Creación Plástica which was contemporary to the Mexican Muralist Movement. He is also considered to be one of the best portrait artists in Mexican history.

In the political realm, Guerrero Galván was also a militant for groups like Alianza de Trabajadores de Artes Plásticas , and he was a founding member of the Unión de Pintores y Grabadores de México in 1959 along with Raúl Anguiano, Carlos Orozco Romero and Juan O'Gorman. As with most of the Mexican artists of the time, he became a deputy for the Partido Popular in 1952 and in 1960 he visited the Soviet Union with some members of his party. He died in Cuernavaca, Morelos, in 1973.

References

*Noyola Anticuarios. [http://www.noyolaanticuarios.com/bios/Jesus_Guerrero_Galvan "Biography of Jesus Guerrero Galvan"] , "Jesus Guerrero Galvan on Noyola Anticuarios".
*Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco [http://www.jalisco.gob.mx/nuestroedo/muro/guerrerogal.html Jaliscienses Distinguidos: Jesús Guerrero Galván]