Julio Galán (1958 or 1959 – August 4, 2006) was a Mexican

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. Galán was one of

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painters of the end of the last century and the beginning of this one.. His paintings and collages are full of elements that usually represent his life.

Biography

Galán was born into a wealthy and conservative Roman Catholic family in Muzquiz, a northern Mexican mining town. As a child he attended private school in

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and later enrolled to study architecture at the University of Monterrey. Galán started his career in this town. He was first brought to attention by

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, who printed several of Galán's works in his magazine, ''

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'', shortly after Galán moved to

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in 1984. After that Galán started to exhibit in New York, Mexico and Europe. In 1994 he won the "Premio Marco" from the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey; in the same year he exhibited at the Center for Fine Arts in Miami, Florida, the

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in México City, and the Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, Texas. He died on the plane that was taking him back to Monterrey in 2006, after suffering a brain hemorrhage.Obituary
in ''The New York Times''

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References

External links

* Julio Galán New Official Website. https://web.archive.org/web/20100314060833/http://www.juliogalanweb.com/ "This is the Official source of information for all about Julio Galán". * Adams, Brooks
"Julio Galan's hothouse icons - Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico."
''Art in America'', July 1994. * Cotter, Holland

''The New York Times'', July 6, 2001.

Article on Julio Galán
Encyclopædia Britannica
Official Site of Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey
* del Conde, Teresa

''La Jornada'', July 23, 2002. Art in Review https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/06/arts/art-in-review-julio-galan.html 1958 births 2006 deaths 20th-century Mexican painters 20th-century Mexican male artists Mexican male painters 21st-century Mexican painters 21st-century Mexican male artists Neo-expressionist artists {{Mexico-painter-stub