Mexican
Mexican lithographer José Guadalupe Posada became an artist against his family’s wishes. He began as an apprentice in Trinidad Pedroza’s lithography workshop, and designed everything from religious subjects to political…
Read MoreDavid Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican artist best known for his large-scale murals. He believed that art and politics were intertwined and felt that he was invigorating classic painting with…
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Although she was born and educated in England, Leonora Carrington spent most of her adult life and career in Mexico. Her Surrealist works interacted with the dream world, and she…
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Rufino Tamayo is a Mexican artist who worked across media, including paintings, drawings, and prints. As a young adult, he was orphaned and moved from Oaxaca to Mexico City to…
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Frida Kahlo combined realism, surrealism, and fantasy with icons from her Mexican culture. Art historians classify Kahlo’s art as Magical Realism, a style of literature and art that depicts a…
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Demian Flores was born in the city of Juchitán de Zaragoza in Oaxaca, Mexico on March 13, 1971. At age 13, his family moved to Mexico City, and he began…
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