PAINT THE REVOLUTION:

Mexican Modernism, 1910-1950



Country: USA
Author: Fourteen authors
Editor: Yale University Press


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Paint the Revolution:
Mexican Modernism, 1910-1950

Fourteen authors
Hardcover 9 1/4″ x 11 3/4″
432 pages
350 color illustrations,
20 black and white illustrations
Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN-13: 978-0-87633-271-9
Printed in Spain

Price: $65.00 
Member Price: $58.50

A comprehensive look at four transformative decades that put Mexico’s modern art on the map.
In the wake of the 1910–20 Revolution, Mexico emerged as a center of modern art, closely watched around the world. Highlighted are the achievements of the Tres grandes (three greats)—José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros—and other renowned figures such as Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo, but the book goes beyond these well-known names to present a fuller picture of the period from 1910 to 1950. 

Fourteen essays by authors from both the United States and Mexico offer a thorough reassessment of Mexican modernism from multiple perspectives. Some of the texts delve into thematic topics—developments in mural painting, the role of the government in the arts, intersections between modern art and cinema, and the impact of Mexican art in the United States—while others explore specific modernist genres—such as printmaking, photography, and architecture. This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive look at the period that brought Mexico onto the world stage during a period of political upheaval and dramatic social change.

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The accompanying catalogue in English and Spanish is made possible by the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation. The English language edition is additionally supported by the Davenport Family Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Fund for Scholarly Publications at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and by Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund.