Carlos Mérida

(Guatemalan, 1895–1984)

el nahuatl by carlos mérida

Carlos Mérida

El Nahuatl, ca. 1950

19,000 USD

Biography

Timeline

1891
Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala
1984
Died in Mexico City, Mexico

Exhibitions

2013
Group Exhibition - Latin American Masters, Beverly Hills, CA
2012
Constellations: Constructivism, Internationalism, and the Inter-American Avant-Garde - AMA Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
2011
La Colección: Diferencia y continuidad en el arte moderno mexicano - Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico City, Mexico City
Signos Vitales: Nuevas Adquisiciones del MAC 2009-2011 - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico - MAC, San Juan
2010
Mexico Beyond Its Revolution - Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA
Indigenismo: Ancient Roots in Mexican Art - The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Mexican Muralist Works on Paper: from the Blanton Museum of Art - The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX
2009
Latitudes: Mestres Latino-americanos na Coleção FEMSA - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo
2008
Carlos Merida - Galería Arvil, Mexico City
2003
Carlos Merida - Major Paintings - Latin American Masters, Beverly Hills, CA
2002
Carlos Mérida - A Retrospective - Galeria Ramis Barquet - 57th Street, New York City, NY
1993
Art d’Amérique Latine, Musee National d’Arte Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1992
Latin American Artists of the 20th Century, Museum of Modern Art , New York, NY

Public Collections

Museo de Arte Moderno, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Museo de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Cambridge Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Brooklyn Art Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Austin University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

Literature

2003
Campos, Eduardo Espinosa. Carlos Merida: Un artista integral. Mexico City: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2003
1961
Nelken, Margarita. Carlos Mérida. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Dirección General de Publicaciones, 1961