Etiqueta: Elizabeth Ferrer

Best known for her engaging portraits and sensuous still lifes, Mexican artist Maria Izquierdo (1902-1955) created a remarkable body of work that is deeply personal and profoundly affecting, yet she has often been overlooked amid the muralists who were her contemporaries.While European modernism was important to Izquierdo, Mexicos traditional culture, popular arts, and rural landscapes… Leer Más

A look at the work of sixteen postwar Mexican photographers–including Tina Modetti, Flor Gardegno, and Eugenia Vargas–shows how the photographers explore traditional themes in Mexican culture with innovative styles.