Feliciano Béjar Ruiz

Feliciano Béjar Ruiz (* 1920 in Jiquilpan de Juárez / Michoacán , † February 1, 2007 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican sculptor , painter and graphic artist .

biography

Béjar spent his childhood in his hometown. He fell ill with polio at the age of eight , which meant that he had to rely on walking aids for five years and learned the craft on his own . His life at the time when the land of the Guerra Cristera was raging is described as a tightrope walk between creative enthusiasm and the tendency towards self-destruction. After his health had improved significantly at the age of 15, he felt all the more the urge for artistic self-realization and experimented with different materials and techniques. He met José Clemente Orozco when he was painting one of his murals in the library of Jiquilpan . In New York City he met Arthur Ewart , who got him interested in painting. In 1947 he returned to Mexico and a year later had his first solo exhibition in the Ward Eggleston Gallery in New York . In 1949 he received a grant from UNESCO , which gave him the opportunity to continue training in Paris museums. Until his return to Mexico in 1948, he also traveled through Europe by bicycle. In 1956 he went back to Paris, where he worked as a set designer and poster painter for film and radio. Back in Mexico he turned to modern sculpture. His goal was to bring the beauty of all arts closer to the public. In 1966 his works were exhibited in the Palacio de Bellas Artes . In 1981, some of his works that he kept at home fell victim to a flood. In 1993 his condition was described as tense and insane, after which he was sent to an asylum. Béjar died early in the morning of a heart attack in a hospital at the age of 86. In several press reports his son Martín is mentioned as the last officially appointed guardian of his father.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Murió el escultor Feliciano Béjar ( Memento of the original of May 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Cambio de Michoacán.  
2. ^ Raquel Tibol: Murió Feliciano Béjar, impulsor de un arte al servicio de la sociedad (Spanish), La Jornada, February 2007.