Gustavo Arias Murueta

Gustavo Arias Murueta is a Mexican painter, sculptor and poet, a member of the Saln de la Plstica Mexicana best known for his work in drawing, graphic arts and oil painting. He originally studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico where he met artists such as Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jos Clemente Orozco. In the 1950s, he began to produce artworks, with his first exhibition in 1961. From then until the present he has had a career as an artist with individual and collective exhibitions in both Mexico and abroad. While his work has been heavily influenced by Orozco, he is considered part of the Generacin de la Ruptura movement.

Gustavo Arias Murueta was born in Los Angeles, California and is of Spanish descent. He entered the Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico in 1946 to study architecture where he met a number of important painters such as Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jos Clemente Orozco. He married Lourdes Chavez Correa in 1949.

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