Background
Fermín Revueltas was son of Gregorio Revueltas Gutiérrez and his wife Romana Sánchez Arias.
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Fermin Sanchez
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The Revueltas Sánchez family came from the North of Mexico, and lived in Guadalajara, Jalisco, from 1910 to 1913. He attended Saint 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 he joined the Partido Comunista Mexicano. group. In 1991, Javier Audirac filmed a documentary about him, entitled "Fermín Revueltas o El color" (Fermín Revueltas or The color).
Membership
Revueltas participated in several artist groups, amongst others he joined the Stridentism movement, and was member of the ¡30-30!.
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Born
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September 9, 1935 (aged 33) -
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Mexico