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3 unusual facts about Héctor Xavier


Héctor Xavier

He also worked on scenery for plays and illustrated books for Efraín Huerta, Jaime Labastida and Oscar Oliva.

He also met Francisco de la Maza who exposed Xavier to pre Hispanic art, especially that of Colima and the frescos and stele of Bonampak.

Héctor Xavier was born Héctor Xavier Hernández y Gallegos in Tuxpan, Veracruz to Alfonso Hernández and Paula Gertrudis Gallegos.


Enrique Echeverría

Echeverría was cofounder along with Vlady, Alberto Gironella, José Bartolí, Héctor Xavier and José Luis Cuevas, with the aim of breaking the hold that those of the established Mexican School of Painting had on the art market in Mexico.


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