Monday, October 27, 2025

Artist of the Day, October 27, 2025 : Fermín Revueltas, a Mexican painter (#2402)

Fermín Revueltas Sánchez (1901-1935) was a Mexican painter.
Fermín Revueltas was son of Gregorio Revueltas Gutiérrez and his wife Romana Sánchez Arias. The Revueltas Sánchez family came from the North of Mexico, and lived in Guadalajara, Jalisco, from 1910 to 1913. Due to the Mexican Revolution, the father decided that Fermín and his brother Silvestre had to visit school in the United States. 

Fermín Revueltas attended St. Edward's College from 1917 to 1920, and afterwards he continued his studies in Chicago. Back in Mexico, Fermín Revueltas visited the open-air painting school in Coyoacán. He became director of the "José María Velasco" school in Guadalupe, a part of Mexico City, and in 1923 he painted murals at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria alongside others. 

In 1928 Fermín Revueltas joined the Partido Comunista Mexicano. Revueltas participated in several artist groups, amongst others he joined the Stridentism movement, and was member of the ¡30-30! group. His photographs and photomontages were published in El Maestro Rural, a magazine published by the Secretariat of Public Education. When he died at the age of 34 years, many of his works were unfinished.

In 1991, Javier Audirac filmed a documentary about him, entitled Fermín Revueltas o El color (Fermín Revueltas or The color).

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Fermín Revueltas

Plan Agua Prieta, c. 1920
Paisaje tropical,  c. 1927
Bañistas,  c. 1927
Untitled,  c. 1927
Outdoor Scaffolding,  c. 1928
Mujeres En El Balcón,  c. 1929
Motivos abstracto, c. 1930
Motivos abstracto, c. 1930
The Five-cent Café,  c. 1930
Untitled,  c. 1930
Untitled,  c. 1930
Símbolos de Lucha y la Industria,  c. 1931
Símbolos de lucha y la industria, Tanque de almacenamiento,  c. 1931
La danza del venado,  c. 1933
Paisaje Violeta,  c. 1934
Abstracto
Alegoría a la Virgen de Guadalupe
Alegoría musical
Conservadores
El Fonógrafo del 30-30
Elementos del pasado
Fight in the Industry
Gears
Industry´s Allegory
La revolución Agraria
Ruta Industrial
Símbolos revolucionaros

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