Mexican Painters
Painting is one of the most ancient arts in Mexico. It is said that the oldest paint in America was found in a cave in Baja California. Aztecs and Mayans, painted on the walls of their temples and tombs. In Mayan culture one may find interesting paintings in Bonampak frescoes. The Baroque style was developed also in New Spain in its Colonial era; although, it incorporated Indian decorative motifs. Religious paintings intended for churches and portraits of aristocrats were the current subject in this Colonial era. From the XVI to the XVIII Century, Mexican painting played an important didactic role. Different European Schools during XIX and XX Century, had influence in Mexican painters. The Mexican Modernist School (and muralists) abandoned the solemn and detached art of Europe and instead embraced bold New World imagery full of color and human activity. [1]
Painters of New Spain
Some of the most important painters of the New Spain are:
- Simón Pereyns (Flemish)
- Sebastián López de Arteaga (Spanish)
- Baltasar de Echave Orio (Basque)
- Baltasar de Echave Ibía
- Baltasar Echave Rioja
- Luis Juárez
- Cristóbal de Villalpando
- José Juárez
- Juan Correa
- José de Ibarra
- Miguel Cabrera
- Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez
- José Luis Rodríguez Alconedo
Painters of Mexico
Some of the most important Mexican painters are:
- Pelegrín Clavé (Catalan)
- Eugenio Landesio (Italian)
- Juan Cordero
- Santiago Rebull
- José Salomé Pina
- Hermenegildo Bustos
- José María Velasco
- Joaquin Clausell
- Germán Gedovius
- Dr. Atl
- Jose Clemente Orozco
- Diego Rivera
- Frida Kahlo
- David Alfaro Siqueiros
- Rufino Tamayo
- Remedios Varo
- Alfredo Zalce
- Juan O'Gorman
- Gunther Gerzso
- Jose Luis Cuevas
- José Chávez Morado
- Jorge Gonzalez Camarena
- Jesús Guerrero Galván
- Leonora Carrington
- Juan Soriano
- Pedro Coronel
- Rafael Coronel
- Francisco Toledo
Gallery
La Pascua de Maria Juan Correa
Los desposorios de José y Asenet Cristóbal de Villalpando
Virgen María y Jesús con santos Miguel Cabrera
La Virgen del Apocalipsis Miguel Cabrera
Self-Portrait José Luis Rodríguez Alconedo
Maximilian I and Carlota Santiago Rebull
El interior del arca de Noé (detail) Joaquín Ramírez
Mural de Hidalgo Jose Clemente Orozco
Locomoción capilar Remedios Varo
Presencia de America Latina Jorge Gonzalez Camarena.
La Madre Tierra Jesús Guerrero Galván
Adiós mí general Leonora Carrington
Retrato de Don Diego de Mesa con perro Juan Soriano
Vacas y Toro Francisco Toledo
Terraza Luz de Lourdes Pino
Valley of Mexico by José María Velasco.
See also
- Mexican Painting
- Mexican Painting Masterpieces
- Painting Schools
- Painting Masterpieces
- Mexico by World Painters
External links
- Mexican Painters
- Mexican art
- Pintura Mexicana In Spanish.
- Mexican Artists and Sculptors
- Leonora Carrington. Art of the 20th Century.
