Saturnino Herran
- Category : 1887-births
- Type : GP
- Profile : 3/5 - Martyr / Heretic
- Definition : Split - Small (27,32,34,38,58)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Penetration 2
Biography
Mexican painter of mixed Indigenous Mexican and Swiss descent, influential to Latin culture in the late 19th and early 20th Century. Herrán completed majestic paintings of Mexican Indigenous people, giving them heroic strength, beauty, and dignity. In 1910 he participated in the exhibition commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of Mexico's Independence. A desire to be a mural painter emerged during his career, and in 1911 he completed commissioned large scale mural-like paintings.
He passed away suddenly in Mexico City on 8 October 1918 at the age of 31 from a gastric complication.