Escultura de Gerardo Murillo "Dr.Atl" - 44100 Guadalajara

Dr. Atl, (Guadalajara, Jalisco; October 3, 1875 - Mexico City; August 15, 1964) was the pseudonym of the Mexican painter and writer José Gerardo Murillo Cornado. Other disciplines in which he participated: exploration, geology, philosophy, history, art criticism, politics; he was passionate about volcanology; stylist, doctor, teacher; he practiced caricature, essay and journalism. Murillo decided to give himself the pseudonym Atl, which means water in Nahuatl and put the title of Doctor of Philosophy first, at the suggestion of the poet Leopoldo Lugones. In a letter addressed to the members of the National College, in 1951, he explains that the name change is due to his interest in having a way of referring to him according to his independent personality. This arose from the circumstances and not from the imposition of his parents, so he self-empowered himself with "the wonderful water of his joie de vivre." Source: Wikipedia