Juan Soriano (1920–2006) Juan Soriano (b. 18 August 1920; d. February 2006), Mexican painter and sculptor, was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He studied with Roberto Montenegro ... Early Life & Artistic Beginnings: Juan Soriano’s childhood was marked by an eccentric family—his father, Rafael Rodríguez Soriano, fought in the Mexican Revolution, later becoming a minor politician and, eventually, a spiritist. His mother, Amalia Montoya Navarro, who had followed her husband into battle as a “soldadera,” or female soldier, kept the house that included Juan’s thirteen aunts and four sis…