Modern Archives - Page 7 of 9

Tarsila do Amaral

Tarsila do Amaral was a student of Pedro Alexandrino and M. E. Renard. She worked in Paris from 1920 to 1923, along with Lhote and Léger, discovering

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was Hispano-Indian on her mother’s side and German on her father’s. She met Diego Rivera when he was painting a mural at the Escuela

Wifredo Lam

After a brief period at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in Havana from 1918 to 1923, Lam went to Spain and remained there from

Carlos Cruz-Diez

Venezuelan painter and Kinetic artist, resident in Paris since 1960. In 1960 he settled in Paris, where he became friendly with other Latin American artist

Carlos Mérida

Guatemalan painter, active mainly in Mexico. In 1910–14 he studied in Paris under van Dongen, meeting Modigliani, Picasso, and other members of the avant-

Firelei Báez

Firelei Báez (born 1981, Santiago de los Caballeros) makes intricate works on paper and canvas as well as large scale sculpture. Through a convergence

Diego Rivera

The earliest artistic influence on Diego Rivera was the Madrid academy. Rivera, however, quickly embraced other styles such as Impressionism, Divisionism.

Francisco Amighetti

Francisco Amighetti was a Costa Rican painter. In addition to his paintings, Amighetti also produced wood engravings, poetry and works of art

Jose Dávila

Jose Dávila (born 1974, Guadalajara) is a trained architect who’s work reflects on the failure of utopian, modernist architectural principles in his assemblages

Lygia Clark

Lygia Pimentel Lins, better known as Lygia Clark, was a Brazilian artist is best known for her painting and installation work. She was often associated