Doctor Atl, pseudonym of Gerardo Murillo, (born October 3, , Guadalajara, Mexico—died August 15, , Mexico City), painter and writer who was one of. Gerardo Murillo Cornadó (Guadalajara – Mexico City ), also known as Dr. Atl (Atl in Nahuatl means water). A Mexican painter and. Gerardo Murillo (Dr. Atl) is a well-known Mexican painter, printmaker, writer, theorist and politician. Dr. Atl adopted his pseudonym in exchange for his given.
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Published or Updated on: The winning faction of the Revolution rejected the euro-centric emphasis of the Mexican government in the 19th and early 20th century and following the Revolution, there was a revival of interest in Mexico’s rich indigenous past and the popular arts, including folk dance, music, arts and crafts. One of several sites earmarked for this project was in the Oblatos Canyon, to the north of his native Guadalajara and today a small beautifully kept park offering an awe-inspiring view of the Horsetail Waterfall, which Atl had drawn and painted, has been established in his honour.
January 22, Auction Closed. He held a surprisingly successful exhibition in Tlaquepaque and murilko larger one in the garden of San Francisco church in downtown Guadalajara.
Inonly months before the Mexican Dr.atp began, Atl painted the first modern mural in Mexico – scenes of female nudes – using Atlcolor, a substance he himself had invented for use on a wide variety of surfaces including plaster, fabric and board.
In his own portraits and volcanic landscapes, he incorporated increasingly Expressionist colours, dynamic diagonal lines, and untraditional waxy pigments.
Atl supported constitutionalists, leaning towards a biblical socialism.
Views Read Edit View history. Atl returned to Mexico, to Guadalajara, in full of anti-academic sentiments and convinced that Mexican art needed a revolution.
Atl adopted his pseudonym in exchange for his given name, Murillo in dr.tl This building is in Liceo street, the name of which recalls the former Boys School. Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval.
June 13, Auction Closed. May 24, Auction Closed. During his stay in Europe, Atl, amongst other achievements, walked from Rome to Paris and later from Paris to Madrid, won a silver medal in the Salon de Paris for a self-portrait and was profoundly influenced by the impressionist and Post-impressionist movements then in vogue in Europe.
Please try again later. Murilo course, Atl is too intelligent a man to believe in such nonsense—until the Federale who is pursuing him is mysteriously strangled to death. Atl loved to be in nature and often climbed the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. Valle Pihuamo, Jalisco June 3, Auction Closed. His literary writings include Cuentos de todos los colores “Stories of All Colors”which focuses on the themes of the Mexican Revolution and has been hailed as one of the best narrations of that historical period.
Atl spent most of his time in Rome, studying law, philosophy and classics like Murilll.
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Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo)
He studied in Europe under a scholarship from the government, before returning to Mexico during the revolution in Mexico in times of ghanges [i.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Geeardo and other artists arranged exhibits of the folk arts and performances of popular dance and music and Dr. Atlcolors are still manufactured today and enjoy widespread popularity for the relative ease with which they can be used.
He was born in Pihuamostate of Jaliscowhere he began the study of painting at an early age, under Felipe Castro.
Category:Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo) – Wikimedia Commons
Atl, born in Guadalajara. During the Revolution, Atl had several very narrow escapes from death, short periods of imprisonment and in general led a full and adventurous life! Murillo became an active member in the muralist movement alongside Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
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