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Nov 18, 2019 · Within this list, I am most excited to share the artists that shaped their own spheres of influence—independent of emerging trends in Europe and North America—who are perhaps less well-known in the canon. These include important figures like Luz Donoso, Feliciano Centurión, and Clemencia Lucena.
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SAAM’s Latinx collection presents a picture of an evolving national culture that challenges expectations of what is meant by “American” and “Latino.” Themes since the mid-twentieth century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge, tackle civil rights, identity, and reexamining community and bicultural experiences. Many of t...
The museum began actively collecting Latino art in 1979 beginning with Luis Jiménez's Man on Fire, the first artwork by a Latinx artist to enter the permanent collection. Artworks range from colonial religious works and woven textiles to abstract expressionist paintings and contemporary installations. The museum’s Chicanx graphics holdings rose sig...
Notable artworks from the collection range from eighteenth-century colonial Puerto Rico works by José Campeche and The Caban Group to contemporary works by Carlos Alfonzo, Carmen Lomas Garza, Ana Mendieta, Amalia Mesa-Bains, and Pepón Osorio. Influential graphic artists and collectives in the collection include Rupert García, Malaquias Montoya, Est...
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7 Latino Artists You Should Know. Latin American cultures share similarities, and many are also influenced by European, indigenous, and African traditions. With all of these dynamic sources...
- Diego Velázquez. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez. baptized June 6, 1599 (Seville, Spain) Died. August 6, 1660 (Madrid, Spain) Notable Artwork.
- Francisco Goya. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. March 30, 1746 (Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain) Died. April 16, 1828 (Bordeaux, France) Notable Artwork.
- Joaquín Sorolla. Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. February 27, 1863 (Valencia, Spain) Died. August 10, 1923 (Cercedilla, Spain) Notable Artwork. Walk on the Beach, Sad Inheritance.
- Pablo Picasso. Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
Discover nine artists in our collection to get just a taste of the contributions Latinx artists have made in the United States. 1. Martine Gutierrez, Demons, Yemaya "Goddess of the Living Ocean", 2018, chromogenic print in hand-painted artist’s frame, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2022.180.3.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum's growing Latinx art collection represents the rich contributions of Latinxs to our country from the colonial period to the present with artworks that range from colonial religious works and woven textiles to abstract expressionist paintings and contemporary installations.
Dec 30, 2021 · By Maximilíano Durón. December 30, 2021 3:15pm. The end of 2021 also marks the end of the traveling retrospective for acclaimed lesbian Chicana photographer Laura Aguilar, who for decades turned...
