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Germán Gedovius
A life shaped by light and shadow Germán Gedovius began his years in Mexico City, though his family moved to San Luis Potosí when he was still an infant. At sixteen, he returned to the capital to study at the Academy of San Carlos under Salomé Pina and Rafael Flores. His path took a quiet turn toward Europe when his father sent him to Germany at age twenty. This trip was intended for medical treatment in clinics specializing in deafnes
s, a condition he had lived with since birth. He spent a year there, eventually finding his voice and learning the German language. The move to Munich changed how he saw the canvas. At the Royal Academy, he practiced charcoal drawing under Master Herterlich and studied color techniques from Wilhelm von Diez. He walked through museums in Holland, Belgium, France, and Italy, absorbing the heavy shadows of the Dutch Baroque. His hands le…