Mexico 1900-1950. Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco, and the Avant-Garde

This catalog, produced for the exhibition Mexico 1900–1950 at the Dallas Museum of Art (March–July 2017), presents an outstanding selection of Mexican art from the first half of the 20th century. It includes reproductions by renowned artists such as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco, and David Siqueiros, as well as by other outstanding artists who are lesser-known outside of Mexico, such as Roberto Montenegro, Nahui Olin, Dr. Atl, and Rosa Rolanda.

The catalog, titled Mexico 1900-1950: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco, and the Avant-Garde Movements, explores the creative process of these artists until the consolidation of the styles that made them world-famous. Through images and essays by specialists from Mexico, Spain, and France, it offers a critical overview of the emergence and development of these aesthetic movements, their protagonists, and their international impact on the art of the first half of the 20th century.