Mexican Modern Art: Shanghai Museum

Author: Shanghai Art Museum Editors
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This catalog is a review of plastic arts, showcasing the achievements of the Mexican academic painting school represented by José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, while also documenting the growth of the new generation of Mexican artists after World War II, such as Juan Soriano and Rufino Tamayo, and their journey in seeking their unique artistic styles. It records the modern development of Mexican painting as a country of artistic prosperity, and eloquently demonstrates the evolution of plastic arts characterized by prosperous, vibrant, diverse styles, and rich techniques. This book introduces the works of outstanding Mexican artists. It is a review of plastic arts, presenting the diversified development of Mexican art in the past 60 years to readers. It showcases the achievements of the Mexican academic painting school represented by José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, and also documents the growth of the new generation of Mexican artists after World War II, such as Juan Soriano and Rufino Tamayo, and their journey in seeking their unique artistic styles.