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Having studied under Ruelas, Fabres, and Gedovicius, Herran could have emerged as a great painter in the academic tradition, but he was looking for something deeper, more spiritual.
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Herran was born in Aguascalientes on July 9, 1887.
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The young Herran showed early talent and in 1897, at the age of 10, was given private drawing lessons in his native city.
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At the academy, Herran studied drawing under Antonio Fabres, a Catalan painter, and painting under German Gedovius.
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Herran along with Orozco formed the Society of Mexican Painters and Sculptors and staged a counter-exhibition with their own work.
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Today it is well-accepted that Saturnino Herran was an extraordinary draughtsman and painter who was the first to bridge the gap between Mexico's two cultures - pre-Columbian and Hispanic.
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It included a triptych Herran had done called "Legend of the Volcanoes", a parable about an Indian Prince and a European princess.
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His good friend and the poet, Ramon Lopez Velarde, wrote Oracion Funebre, a prayer for Herran.
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Herran was among the first artists Vasconcelos commissioned to do mural paintings, and in 1911 he completed his first large-scale mural in the School of Arts and Crafts.
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That left Herran as the sole support of himself and his mother.
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