Obituary - Juan Soriano (1920 – 2006) - Mexico

Juan Soriano, the Mexican painter and sculptor has died in Mexico City aged 85. Once a member of the League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists, the anti-Nazi, anti-fascist group, he was one of the last surviving members of the Mexican School, a movement that began shortly after the demise of the Porfirio Diaz’s dictatorship. Since first exhibiting in his home of Guadalajara as a teenager, Soriano has featured in galleries worldwide and was awarded the Velazquez Plastic Arts Prize in 2005.