Revueltas Sánchez

Revueltas Sánchez is the surname of the children of Gregorio Revueltas Gutiérrez (1871-1923) and his wife Romana Sánchez Arias (1883-1939), a Mexican artist family with roots in Durango. They had twelve children. The family lived in Guadalajara, Jalisco after 1910, before they moved to Mexico City in 1913.

Notable family members

• Consuelo Revueltas Sánchez (1909–1990), naïve artist
• Fermín Revueltas Sánchez (1901–1935), painter
• José Revueltas Sánchez (1914–1976), writer and political activist
• Rosaura Revueltas Sánchez (1910–1996), actress and writer
• Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez (1899-1940), composer, violinist and conductor
• Agustin Revueltas Sanchez (1920-1996) artist, businessman

Notable descendants

• Children of José:
  • Román Revueltas Retes (b. 1952), violinist, journalist, and painter
• Children of Silvestre:
  • Eugenia Revueltas Acevedo (b. 1934), writer
  • Carmen Revueltas Klarecy (later Carmen Montoya and Carmen Peers, born c. 1920–died 1995), ballet and flamenco dancer
• Children of Agustin
  • Arthur P. Revueltas (b. 1954), educator, deputy superintendent, Montebello Unified School District

Further reading

• R. Revueltas Sánchez Los Revueltas: Biografía de una familia (Spanish), 1979.