Mexican Art History and Sitemap

Frida Kahlo | You rain on me - I sky you, | Tu mi piovi - Io ti cielo, 1947

Various types of visual arts developed in the geographical area now known as Mexico.

The development of these arts roughly follows the history of Mexico, divided into the pre hispanic Mesoamerican era, the colonial period, with the period after Mexican War of Independence, the development Mexican national identity through art in the nineteenth century, and the florescence of modern Mexican art after the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920).

Frida Kahlo | Quotes /Aforismi

• "Il surrealismo è la magica sorpresa di trovare un leone in quell’armadio in cui si voleva prendere una camicia".
• "Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe, where you were 'sure' of finding shirts".
• "La belleza y la fealdad son un espejismo, porque los demás terminan viendo nuestro interior.
• "Beauty and ugliness are a mirage because others end up seeing our interior".
• "Bellezza e bruttezza sono un miraggio perché gli altri finiscono per vedere la nostra interiorità".

David Riedel, 1956 | Still life painter

David Riedel was born in Indiana and lived there until moving to Tempe, Arizona to study art.

He fell in love with the Southwest, graduating from Northern Arizona University in 1982 with a BFA in printmaking.

David still lives in the Southwest near Taos, New Mexico with his wife and daughter.

Julee Simmons | Figurative painter

JuLee Simmons began painting in oils more than thirty years ago, at the age of ten. That discovery unleashed a passion which has animated her life to the present day.

"Sometimes I wish I could make art like I did when I was young", JuLee recalls.

"There were no mistakes then. A bad drawing of a cow could turn into a pig. Now my work is more of a struggle. It takes a lot of insight and patience to make that mark on the paper deliberate and profound".

Miomir Badzic | Ballet dancers

Badžić Miomir is an Serbian artist, known for working in classical and realistic style. Do not give preference to any one genre, among his works can be found portraits, landscapes, still lifes...

Some time ago, he wrote to order several paintings replica on a historical theme for one of the Serbian museums. Currently the artist lives and works in the United States.