Structural Study for a Mural (Estudio estructural para mural)

© Carlos Mérida
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Structural Study for a Mural (Estudio estructural para mural)

Mexico, 1921
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Frame: 34 3/4 × 39 × 1 1/2 in. (88.27 × 99.06 × 3.81 cm)
The Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art (AC1997.LWN.323)
Latin American Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Structural Study for a Mural (Estudio estructural para mural) is one of Carlos Mérida's most accomplished early works....
Structural Study for a Mural (Estudio estructural para mural) is one of Carlos Mérida's most accomplished early works. Although Mérida was born in Guatemala, he spent most of his career in Mexico, where he had moved in 1919. While living in Paris from 1912 to 1914, Mérida met a number of avant-garde artists, including Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) and Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920); he was also in contact with Mexican artists such as Diego Rivera. Upon his return to Guatemala in 1914, Mérida studied the country's art traditions and folklore, which he believed could serve as the basis for a higher art equal to that of Europe.

Ilona Katzew, 2008
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Bibliography

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.