Santos Balmori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Santos Balmori

Mexican artist

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1899

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1992

Profession: painter, university teacher

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Santos Balmori Picazo (b.
Mexico City, Sept.
26, 1899 – d.
Mexico City, March 5, 1992) was a Spanish-Mexican painter whose heavily European style was not appreciated by his contemporaries of the Mexican muralism movement, but he had influence with the succeeding Generación de la Ruptura artists.
He trained and began his art career in Europe moving later to Mexico City.
He became a professor and researcher at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas training younger artists such as Rodolfo Nieto, Pedro Coronel, Carlos Olachea and Juan Soriano.
As a teacher, he did not stop drawing but he did not paint professionally again until after retirement, having a number of exhibitions later in life.