Latin American Modernism
1920–1980Guayasamín's anguished hands, Tarsila's tropical abstraction. Latin America inventing its own modernism from indigenous and European roots.
Oil, fresco, industrial paints. Bold color informed by tropical light and Pre-Columbian art.
2 artists12 colors
Oswaldo Guayasamín
1919–1999Ecuadorian
Painter of suffering hands and anguished faces. The Age of Wrath — Latin America's pain made monumental.
Cubist-influenced forms with Expressionist palette. Earth tones with vivid accents. Hands as primary subject.
Tarsila do Amaral
1886–1973Brazilian
Mother of Brazilian modernism. Abaporu — the figure that launched Antropofagia. Tropical geometry in bold, flat color.
Clean, flat areas of bold color. Influenced by Fernand Léger and Brazilian folk art. Smooth, poster-like surfaces.