Carlos Mérida
Painting, Visual Artist
1891 – 1984
Who was Carlos Mérida?
Carlos Mérida was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works, 4000m2 on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city.
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- Born
- Dec 2, 1891
Guatemala City - Also known as
- Carlos Mérida
- Carlos Santiago Ortega
- Carlos Merida
- Parents
- Spouses
- Dalila Gálvez
(1919 - 1974)
- Dalila Gálvez
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Spanish people
- K'iche' people
- Nationality
- Guatemala
- Profession
- Lived in
- Guatemala City
- Almolonga, Quetzaltenango
(1907 - 1909)
- Died
- Dec 21, 1984
Mexico City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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