Guatemalan artist Carlos Mérida (1891-1984) is a prominent figure in Mexico's modern art movement. In 1919, fascinated by the artistic revolution, he moved to Mexico City and became involved with the muralists, working as an assistant to Diego Rivera. Mérida's early work, like that of many of the Mexican muralists, was politically oriented and executed in a figurative style. His style shifted after 1927, when Mérida took a second trip to Europe, his art became less representational; he eventually developed his characteristic abstract style of geometrically conceived figures and forms, as seen here. In his later works he combined modern European influences from Cubism and Surrealism, with aspects of Mayan art.

Carlos Merida
"Corazon Sangrante"
oil on canvas
1973

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