Mexican Modern Painting from the Andres Blaisten Collection /anglais (Relié)

This catalogue, based on the exhibition of the same name, gathers eighty fundamental works by more than forty outstanding Mexican artists of the early twentieth century. This was a period of great creativity, intense experimentation, and cultural exploration driven by the need to create an esthetic identity that would represent Mexico as a nation-state.Assembled over a period of thirty years of meticulous research, systematic work, and passionate commitment, the Andr�s Blaisten Collection has become an indispensible reference and one of the most complete readings of early-twentieth-century art in Mexico.This publication offers an opportunity to explore the cultural and artistic riches of a country whose contributions to art have not only enriched the most important international artistic movements but also influenced the currents of the modern age through a vision that incorporated inherently Mexican elements.