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Jun 21, 1870 Zacatecas, Mexico Died on 16 Sep 1907 (aged 37)
Mexican artist
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About Julio Ruelas
- Julio Ruelas (June 21, 1870 - September 16, 1907) was a Mexican graphic artist, painter, draughtsman and printmaker.
- Ruelas was the principal illustrator of the Revista Moderna magazine and is most associated with Mexican symbolism.
- A number of his works are on display at the Museum of the City of Mexico and in the Zacatecas museum.
- Artistically, he was noted for creating etched images depicting his own face, incorporating black, twisted lines to give an impression of being tormented.Born in Zacatecas, he lived in Mexico City from 1876, later attending the Colegio Militar and the Escuela de Bellas Artes.
- Around 1892, he departed and headed for Karlsruhe, Germany, where Romanticism would profoundly influence his drawings and prints, the most important element of his work as an artist.
- He also studied under the academic painter Meyerbeer in Danzig. Ruelas returned to Mexico in 1895 but spent the last three years of his life in Paris where he died on September 16, 1907 from tuberculosis.
