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Dr Atl aka Gerardo Murillo Mexican PainterDr Atl (Gerardo Murillo) [Mexican Painter, 1875 -1964]

 

Biography

Mexican painter, printmaker, writer, theorist, vulcanologist and politician. Better known by his pseudonym, which signifies ‘Doctor Water’ in Náhuatl 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, where his vocation became clear. In 1899 he travelled to Europe and settled in Rome, where the work of Michelangelo had a profound impact on him. He travelled to other countries to study and to learn about avant-garde painting.

In 1904, he went back to Mexico 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, José 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 ‘atl colours’, 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. (continued on the bottom)

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El Paricutin 1946 by Dr Atl
Paricutin by Dr Atl
Tepozteco by Dr Atl
Paricutin 1943 by Dr Atl
Paisaje con el Iztaccíhuatl by Dr Atl

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Pintor mexicano, paisajista, vulcanólogo e ideólogo del movimiento muralista. Nació en Guadalajara, México, en 1875 y cursó estudios de pintura en el taller de Felipe Castro, continuando más tarde, en 1896, en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de la ciudad de México. En 1897 obtiene una beca del Gobierno para estudiar en Europa, doctorándose en Filosofía y Derecho por la Universidad de Roma en 1898; su estancia italiana dejó en él marcada la huella de las imágenes monumentales del renacimiento. Visitó la Exposición Universal de París de 1900 y viajó por Inglaterra, Alemania, España y Francia, donde recibe la influencia de los impresionistas. En estos años empieza a ser conocido por el seudónimo de “Doctor Atl”, que en náhuatl significa “agua”.

De regreso a México en 1903, se dedicó a pintar su país natal e impartir clases en la Academia de San Carlos de la ciudad de México, donde tuvo como alumnos a Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros y José Clemente Orozco. En 1912 funda la Liga Internacional de Escritores y Artistas y el periódico Action d'Art donde difunde sus teorías pictóricas y sociales. Tomó parte activa en la política a favor de Venustiano Carranza y se unió al movimiento constitucionalista publicando el periódico La Vanguardia. Encarcelado por su actividad política, se exilió en Los Ángeles (EEUU). A su regreso a México en 1920, fue nombrado director del Departamento de Bellas Artes y, desde 1926, en que estudia vulcanología, realiza diversos paisajes con volcanes mexicanos, dedicando especial interés al Popocatépetl, Iztaccíhuatl y Paricutín (de este último hizo una serie en 1943).

En 1957, inicia una nueva forma de mostrar el paisaje, visto desde el aire. Escritor y utopista, proyecta una ciudad cultural llamada Olinka en el cráter de un volcán cercano a Puebla. Tras su muerte acaecida en la ciudad de México en 1964, fue enterrado en el Panteón de Hombres Ilustres de la ciudad.

 

 

           
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