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artists (in alphabetical order):

Illustrators, graphists

Angélica Argüelles Kubli Angélica Argüelles Kubli (born 25 June 1963) is a Mexican graphic designer. In May 2011 her work was exhibited for the Mexican National Lottery, and the design used on lottery tickets. She won the Mexican quality and design prize Excelsis Diaman ...

(born 1963) *

Alberto Beltrán Alberto Beltrán García (born March 22, 1923, Mexico City, d. April 19, 2002, Mexico City) was a Mexican graphic artist and painter known principally for his work with publications such as illustrations and political cartoons but he created a nu ...

(1923–2002) *

Ángel Bracho Ángel Bracho (February 14, 1911 – February 1, 2005) was a Mexican engraver and painter who is best known for his politically themed work associated with the Taller de Gráfica Popular; however he painted a number of notable murals as well. Brac ...

(1911–2005) * Celia Calderón (1921–1969) *

Federico Cantú Garza Federico Heraclio Cantú Garza (March 3, 1907 – January 29, 1989) was a Mexican painter, engraver and sculptor. While considered to be a member of the Mexican muralism movement, his style was noticeably different, mostly for adhering to older ...

(1907–1989) * Alexander Cañedo (1902–1978) *

Casimiro Castro Casimiro Castro (24 April 1826 Tepetlaoxtoc – 8 January 1889 Mexico City), was a Mexican painter and lithographer, and is regarded as having been a leading graphic and landscape artist in nineteenth century Mexico. Biography Casimiro, son of ...

(1826–1889) * Erasto Cortés Juárez (1900–1972) *

José Luis Cuevas José Luis Cuevas (February 26, 1934 – July 3, 2017) was a Mexican artist, he often worked as a painter, writer, draftsman, engraver, illustrator, and printmaker. Cuevas was one of the first to challenge the then dominant Mexican muralism ...

(1934–2017) *

Francisco Díaz de León Francisco Díaz de León (September 24, 1897 – December 29, 1975) was a Mexican graphic artist, notable for pioneering much of modern Mexican graphic arts. He spent his childhood around books and when he studied art in Mexico City, he specializ ...

(1897–1975) *

Francisco Dosamantes Francisco Dosamantes (b. October 4, 1911 - d. July 18.1986) was a Mexican artist and educator who is best known for is educational illustrations and graphic work against fascism. He was a founding member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular and the S ...

(1911–1986) *

Rodolfo Escalera Rodolfo "Rudy" Escalera (also known as Rodolfo Escalera Vizcaíno; June 1, 1929 – January 25, 2000) was a Mexican-American artist. Among other works, he created collectible plates for the 1984 Summer Olympics, which became "The Official Gift ...

(1929–2000) * Jesús Escobedo (1918–1978) *

Andrea Gómez Andrea Gómez (born April 13, 1985, in Mérida, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela International 2004 and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss International 2005 pageant h ...

(1926–2012) *

Oscar González Loyo Oscar González Loyo (11 April 1959 in Mexico City"Oscar González Loyo"
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(1959–2021) * Hesiquio Iriarte (ca 1820–1903) * Sarah Jiménez (1927–2017) *

Leopoldo Méndez Leopoldo Méndez (June 30, 1902 – February 8, 1969) was one of Mexico's most important graphic artists and one of that country's most important artists from the 20th century. Méndez's work mostly focused on engraving for illustrations and othe ...

(1902–1969) *

Adolfo Mexiac Adolfo Mexiac (August 7, 1927 – October 13, 2019) was a Mexican graphic artist, known principally for his politically and socially themed work, especially with the Taller de Gráfica Popular and with fellow graphic artist Leopoldo Méndez. He ...

(1927–2019) * Francisco Moreno Capdevila (1926–1995) * Isidoro Ocampo (1910–1983) * Mariano Paredes (1912–1980) *

José Guadalupe Posada José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar (2 February 1852 – 20 January 1913) was a Mexican political lithographer who used relief printing to produce popular illustrations. His work has influenced numerous Latin American artists and cartoonists becaus ...

(1852–1913) *

Humberto Ramos Humberto Ramos (born 27 November 1970) is a Mexican comic book penciller, best known for his work on American comic books such as ''Impulse'', '' Runaways'', ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and his creator-owned series ...

(born 1970) *

Julio Ruelas Julio Ruelas (June 21, 1870 – September 16, 1907) was a Mexican graphic artist, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Ruelas was the principal illustrator of the '' Revista Moderna'' magazine and is most associated with Mexican symbolism. A num ...

(1870–1907) *

Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras (October 13, 1759, Celaya, Guanajuato – August 3, 1833, Celaya) was a prominent Mexican architect and a painter. He was active during the colonial period and early independence. Biography Believing he had a re ...

(1759–1833) * Zalathiel Vargas (born 1941) * Héctor Xavier (1921–1994) * Gerardo Yepiz (born 1970) * Angel Zamarripa (1912–1990)

Multimedia, multiple media

Gilberto Aceves Navarro Gilberto Aceves Navarro (September 24, 1931 – October 21, 2019) was a List of Mexican artists, Mexican painter and sculptor and a professor at the National School of Arts (UNAM), Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas and Academy of San Carlos. Th ...

(1931–2019) *

Carlos Amorales Carlos Amorales (Mexico City, 1970) is a multidisciplinary artist who studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. The most extensive researches in his work encompass ''Los Amorales'' (1996-2001), ''Liquid Archive'' (1 ...

(born 1970) *

(1907–1989) *

Fernando Castro Pacheco Fernando Castro Pacheco (January 26, 1918 – August 8, 2013) was a Mexican painter, engraver, illustrator, printmaker and teacher. As well as being known for traditional artistic forms, Castro Pacheco illustrated several children’s books an ...

(1918–2013) * Vladimir Cora (born 1951) *

Pedro Coronel Pedro Coronel (b. Jerez, Zacatecas March 25, 1922- d. Mexico City May 23, 1985) was a Mexican sculptor and painter, part of the Generación de la Ruptura, bringing innovation into Mexican art in the mid 20th century. Coronel’s training was with ...

(1922–1985) *

Germán Cueto Germán Cueto (February 8 or 9, 1883, Mexico City – February 14, 1975) was a List of Mexican artists, Mexican artist. He was part of the initial wave of artistic activity following the Mexican Revolution. However, his stay in Europe from 1927 ...

(1883–1975) *

Lola Cueto María Dolores Velázquez Rivas, better known as "Lola" Cueto (Azcapotzalco, March 2, 1897 – Mexico City, January 24, 1978) was a Mexican painter, printmaker, puppet designer and puppeteer. She is best known for her work in children’s thea ...

(1897–1978) *

Gabriel Fernández Ledesma Gabriel Fernández Ledesma (May 30, 1900 – August 26, 1983) was a Mexican painter, printmaker, sculptor, graphic artist, writer and teacher. He began his career working with artist Roberto Montenegro then moved into publishing and education ...

(1900–1983) * Demián Flores (born 1971) *

Leopoldo Flores Leopoldo Flores (1934 – April 3, 2016) was a Mexican artist mostly known for his murals and other monumental works which are concentrated in the city of Toluca, State of Mexico. He was born into a poor family in rural State of Mexico, but his ...

(1934–2016) * Gelsen Gas (1933–2015) * Carmen Gayón (born 1951) * José Antonio Gómez Rosas (1916-1977) *

Francisco Guevara Alejandro Francisco Guevara Olivera (born 18 March 1992) is an Argentine politician who served as a National Deputy from 2019 to 2021, elected in San Juan Province. He is a member of the Justicialist Party. Early and personal life Guevara wa ...

(born 1978) * Miguel Hernández Urbán (1936–2017) *

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967 in Mexico City) is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theater and performance. Lozano-Hemmer lives and works in Montreal and Madrid. Biography Rafael Lozan ...

(born 1967) * Ofelia Márquez Huitzil (born 1959) * Aliria Morales (born 1950) *

Carlos Nakatani Carlos Nakatani (Mexico City 1934 – Mexico City February 2, 2004) was a painter, sculptor, cinematographer and writer, the son of a Japanese immigrant to Mexico, noted for his introduction of a snack simply called “Japanese peanuts” in Mexico ...

(1934–2004) * Leonardo Nierman (born 1932) *

Carlos Orozco Romero Carlos Orozco Romero (September 3, 1896 – March 29, 1984) was a Mexican cartoonist and painter who co-founded several cultural institutions in Mexico, including the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda". His work was re ...

(1896–1984) *

Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco (born April 27, 1962) is a Mexican artist. He gained his reputation in the early 1990s with his exploration of drawing, photography, sculpture and installation. In 1998, Francesco Bonami called Orozco "one of the most influenti ...

(born 1962) * Ruben Ortiz Torres (born 1964) * Feliciano Peña (1915–1982). * Pedro Preux (1932–2011) * Antonio Pujol (1913–1995) * Mario Reyes (1926–2017) *

José Reyes Meza José Reyes Meza (November 23, 1924 – October 31, 2011) was a Mexican painter, costume and set designer, who helped to found a number of cultural institutions in Mexico. Reyes Meza began his artistic career principally in theater, although he wa ...

(1924–2011) * Waldemar Sjölander (1908–1988) * Valetta Swann (1904–1973) * Beatriz Zamora (born 1935)

Painters

Colonial era 1521-1821

* Juan Francisco de Aguilera (active in the last third of the 18th century) *

José de Alcíbar José de Alcíbar, or Alzíbar (1725/30 - 1803, Mexico City) was a Mexican painter, of Basque origin; active from 1751 to 1801. Biography He may have been a student of José de Ibarra and is known to have worked in the studios of Miguel Cabrera. ...

(ca 1730–1803) * Ignacio Maria Barreda, single canvas casta painting 1777 *

Miguel Cabrera José Miguel Cabrera Torres (born April 18, 1983), nicknamed "Miggy", is a Venezuelan professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Since his debut in 2003 he has been a two-t ...

(ca 1695–1768) * José del Castillo (active in the last third of the 18th century) *

Juan Correa Juan Correa (1646–1716) was a Mexican distinguished painter of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. His years of greatest activity were from 1671 to 1716. He was an Afro-Mexican, the son of a Mulatto or dark-skinned physician f ...

(ca 1645–1716) * Nicolás Correa (ca 1660-ca 1729) * Baltasar de Echave Ibía (1585/1605 – 1644) * Baltasar de Echave y Rioja (1632–1682) * Nicolás Enríquez (active between 1726 and 1787) * Juan Gerson, Nahua artist, active 1562 *

Xavier Guerrero Xavier Guerrero (December 3, 1896 San Pedro de las Colonias, Coahuila – June 29, 1974 Mexico City) was one of the pioneers of the Mexican muralism movement in the early 20th century. He was introduced to painting through working with his father ...

(1896–1974) *

José de Ibarra José de Ibarra (1688–1756) was a New Spanish painter. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1688, and died November 21, 1756 in Mexico City, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Colonial Mexico).Katzew, p. 169,citing Eduardo Báez Macías, "Plan ...

, casta paintings *

José Juárez José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(1617–1661) * Luis Juárez (c. 1585 – 1639) *

Luis Lagarto Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish language, Spanish form of the originally Germanic language, Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese language, Portuguese and ...

(c. 1556 – 1620) *

Sebastián López de Arteaga Saint Sebastian (in Latin: ''Sebastianus''; Narbo, Gallia Narbonensis, Roman Empire c. AD 255 – Rome, Italia, Roman Empire c. AD 288) was an early Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Diocl ...

(1610–1652) *

Alonso López de Herrera Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 36.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Alonso'' were residents of Spain (frequency 1:222), 26.1% of Mexico (1:83 ...

(c. 1585-ca. 1675) * Andrés López (active between 1763 and 1811) *

José Joaquín Magón José Joaquín Magón was a late eighteenth-century Mexican painter from Puebla de los Angeles. Biography Little is known of his personal life, but he was a well-known artist who produced a large number of extant religious paintings and portraits ...

, produced two sets of 18th c. casta paintings *

Luis de Mena Luis de Mena was a Mexican artist who lived and worked predominantly in the middle of the eighteenth century. Mena painted religious works and has been described as "no more than a journeyman painter in 18th century Mexico." He signed a work entitl ...

José de Mora José de Mora (1642–1724) was a Spanish sculptor. José de Mora was born in Baza. He was the oldest son of the sculptor Bernardo de Mora and pupil of Alonso Cano in Granada and of Sebastián de Herrera in Madrid. In 1669, two years after t ...

(active in the first half of the 18th century) *

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (San Miguel de Allende, 1713–1770, Mexico City) was an 18th-century Mexican painter, a mestizo according to the system of racial classification. He is most well known for his Casta#Pintura de castas, casta paintings. ...

(1713–1772) * José de Páez (1720-ca 1790) * Antonio Pėrez de Aguilar (active in the mid-18th century) * Hipólito de Rioja (active in the 2nd half of the 17th century) * Antonio Rodríguez (1636–1691) *

Juan Rodríguez Juárez Juan Rodríguez Juárez (1675 in Mexico City – 1728) was an artist in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. He was a member of a Spanish family long noted for their accomplishments in the world of painting. His brother was Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez (1 ...

(1675–1728) *

Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

(1667–1734) * Miguel Rudecindo Contreras (active in the mid-18th century) *

José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (1750–1802) was a Mexican portrait painter known for being the first painter of significance to work in Spanish colonial New Orleans, Louisiana. Biography Salazar was born to Salvador de Salazar and ...

(1750–1802), painter * Diego de Sanabria (active in the last third of the 18th century) * José María Vásquez (1763-ca 1826) *

Cristóbal de Villalpando Cristóbal de Villalpando (ca. 1649 – 20 August 1714) was a Baroque Criollo artist from New Spain, arts administrator and captain of the guard. He painted prolifically and produced many Baroque works now displayed in several Mexican cathedral ...

(c. 1649 – 1714) * Joaquín Villegas (1713 – after 1753)

Foreign artists that worked extensively in Colonial Mexico

Baltasar de Echave Orio Baltasar de Echave Orio (late 16th century – mid-17th century) was a Basque Spanish painter. As there was a painter of the same name, thought to be his son, he is known as Echave the Elder. Life He was born at Zumaya, Guipuzcoa, Spain, an ...

(c. 1558-ca. 1623) * Francisco Clapera (1746–1810) *

Rafael Ximeno y Planes Rafael Ximeno y Planes (1759–1807 or 1825) was a Spanish painter and draughtsman born in Valencia and deceased in Mexico (by then a colony of New Spain). Biography He was the son of a silversmith and first learned the painter's profession from ...

(1759–1825)

Post-independence period 1821-

* Amelia Abascal (born 1920) * Ignacio Aguirre (1900–1990) * Rodolfo Aguirre Tinoco (born 1927) * Armando Ahuatzi (born 1950) *

Ramón Alva de la Canal Ramón Alva de la Canal (August 29, 1892 – April 4, 1985) was a Mexican painter, illustrator, and educator, one of the pioneers of the Mexican muralism movement. He was born Ramón Pascual Loreto José Alva de la Canal on August 29, 1892 in t ...

(1892–1985) * Jesús Álvarez Amaya (1925–2010) *

Raúl Anguiano José Raúl Anguiano Valadez (February 26, 1915 – January 13, 2006) was a notable Mexican painter of the 20th century, part of the “second generation” of Mexican muralists which continued the tradition of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Or ...

(1915–2006) * Luis Y. Aragón (born 1939) * Gustavo Arias Murueta (1923–2019) * Javier Arevalo (1937–2020) *

Luis Arenal Bastar Luis Arenal Bastar (born Teapa, 1908 or 1909 – died Mexico City, May 7, 1985) was a Mexican painter, engraver and sculptor. He was a founding member of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios, the Taller de Gráfica Popular and the ...

(1909–1985) *

Dr. Atl Gerardo Murillo Cornado, also known by his signature "Dr. Atl", (October 3, 1875 – August 15, 1964) was a Mexican painter and writer. He was actively involved in the Mexican Revolution in the Constitutionalist faction led by Venustiano Carra ...

(1875–1964) * Abelardo Ávila (1907–1967) * Ignacio Asúnsolo (1890–1965) * Santos Balmori (1899–1992) * Sofía Bassi (1913–1998) *

Ignacio Barrios Ignacio Barrios (March 10, 1930 – January 22, 2013) was a Mexican painter mostly known for his absolute commitment to watercolour painting. He earned the reputation of one of the top watercolour painters in his country of originGarcía Barrag� ...

(1930–2013) *

Arnold Belkin Arnold Belkin (December 9, 1930 – July 3, 1992) was a Canadian- Mexican painter credited for continuing the Mexican muralism tradition at a time when many Mexican painters were shifting away from it. Born and raised in western Canada, he ...

(1930–1992) *

Angelina Beloff Angelina Beloff (born Angelina Petrovna Belova; russian: Ангелина Петровна Белова; June 23, 1879 – December 30, 1969) was a Russian-born artist who did most of her work in Mexico. However, she is better known as Diego Rive ...

(1879–1969) * Roberto Berdecio (1910–1996) * Helen Bickham (born 1935) *

Hermenegildo Bustos José Hermenegildo de la Luz Bustos Hernández (13 April 1832, Purísima del Rincón – 28 June 1907, Purísima del Rincón) was a Mexican painter; known mostly for portraits, although he also created religious paintings and still-lifes. Biog ...

(1832–1907) * Rosario Cabrera (1901–1975) * Sebastián Canovas (born 1957) * Gonzalo Carrasco (1859–1936) * Julio Carrasco Bretón (born 1950) *

Leonora Carrington Mary Leonora Carrington (6 April 191725 May 2011) was a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of ...

(1917–2011) * Fidencio Castillo (1907–1993) *

Elizabeth Catlett Elizabeth Catlett, born as Alice Elizabeth Catlett, also known as Elizabeth Catlett Mora (April 15, 1915 – April 2, 2012) was an African American sculptor and graphic artist best known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in th ...

(1915–2012) * Guillermo Ceniceros (born 1939) *

José Chávez Morado José Chávez Morado (4 January 1909 – 1 December 2002) was a Mexican artist who was associated with the Mexican muralism movement of the 20th century. His generation followed that of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqu ...

(1909–2002) *

Miguel Condé Miguel Condé (born 1939) is a Mexican figurative painter, draughtsman, and print maker. According to ''Radio France'', he is "one of the most important contemporary masters in the field of engraving." Condé's works are in important museum ...

(born 1939) * Jesus Contreras Peña (1918–1992) *

Juan Cordero Juan Nepomuceno María Bernabé del Corazón de Jesús Cordero de Hoyos (16 May 1822, Teziutlán - 29 May 1884, Coyoacán) was a Mexican painter and muralist in the Classical style, who began his career in Rome and Florence, Italy. Biography Jua ...

(1822–1884) * Salvador Corona (1895–1990) *

Francisco Corzas Francisco Corzas Chávez (October 4, 1936 - September 15, 1983) was a Mexican painter and printmaker, part of the Generación de la Ruptura. He was born in a very poor family but managed to study art in both Mexico and Italy, beginning his art c ...

(1936–1983) *

Olga Costa Olga Costa (August 28, 1913 – June 28, 1993) was a painter and cultural promoter who immigrated to Mexico from Germany when she was twelve. She began to study art at the Academy of San Carlos but left after only three months to help support her ...

(1913–1993) * Luis Coto (1830–1891) *

Miguel Covarrubias Miguel Covarrubias, also known as José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (22 November 1904 — 4 February 1957) was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist and art historian. Along with his American colleague Matthew W. Stirling, ...

(1904–1957) * José Víctor Crowley (born 1935) * Nicolás Cuéllar * Azteca de Gyves (born 1963) * Olga Dondé (1937–2004) * Roberto Donis (1934–2008) * Manuel Echauri (1914–2001) * Enrique Echeverría (1923–1972) * Francisco Eppens Helguera (1913–1990) *

Arturo Estrada Hernández Arturo Estrada Hernández (born July 30, 1925) is a Mexican painter, one of a group of Frida Kahlo’s students called “Los Fridos.” Estrada is mostly known for his mural work, which remains faithful to the figurative style and ideology of ...

(born 1925) *

José María Estrada José María Estrada Reyes (1802 – 13 August 1856 in Ocotal) was the President of Nicaragua after Fruto Chamorro’s death during the Filibuster War, serving from 12 March to 23 October 1855. Estrada was born in 1802 in the Conservative capit ...

(1810–1862) * Antonio Fabrés (1854–1938) * Luis Filcer (1927–2018) * Rafael Flores (1832–1886) *

Pedro Friedeberg Pedro Friedeberg (born January 11, 1936) is a Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work filled with lines colors and ancient and religious symbols. His best known piece is the “Hand-Chair” a sculpture/chair designed for people ...

(born 1936) *

Alberto Fuster Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

(1870–1922) *

Julio Galán Julio Galán (1958 or 1959 – August 4, 2006) was a Mexican artist and architect. Galán was one of Latin America's neo-expressionist painters of the end of the last century and the beginning of this one.. His paintings and collages are full ...

(1958–2006) * Byron Galvez (1941–2009) * Vicente Gandía (1935–2009) * José Julio Gaona (born 1943) *

Arturo García Bustos Arturo García Bustos (August 8, 1926 – April 7, 2017) was a Mexico, Mexican List of painters, painter and print maker. He is known as one of “Los Fridos” students who studied under Frida Kahlo at her home in Coyoacán. Life Arturo Garc ...

(1926–2017) * José García Narezo (1922–1994) * Antonio García Vega (born 1954) *

Mauricio García Vega Mauricio García Vega (born December 21, 1944) is a Mexican painter whose work has been recognized by various awards and membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. His work is mostly focus on urban landscapes often with dark themes and ...

(born 1944) *

Germán Gedovius Germán Gedovius (1867–1937) was a Mexican painter. Biography Gedovius was born in Mexico City in 1867 before moving as an infant with his family to San Luis Potosí. When he was sixteen years old he returned to Mexico City to attend the Acade ...

(1867–1937) *

Gunther Gerzso Gunther Gerzso (June 17, 1915 – April 21, 2000) was a Mexican painter, designer and director and screenwriter for film and theatre. Biography Gerzso was born in Mexico City, in the times of the Revolution. His parents were Oscar Gerzso ( hu, Ge ...

(1915–2000) *

Jorge González Camarena Jorge González Camarena (24 March 1908 – 24 May 1980) was a Mexican painter, muralist and sculptor. He is best known for his mural work, as part of the Mexican muralism movement, although his work is distinct from the main names associat ...

(1908–1980) * Antonio González Orozco (1933–2020) * A. González Pineda (active in the last third of the 19th century) * Alfredo Guati Rojo (1918–2003) *

Jesús Guerrero Galván Jesús Guerrero Galván (b. June 1, 1910 – d. May 11. 1973) was a Mexican artist, a member of the Mexican muralism movement of the early 20th century. He began his career in Guadalajara but moved to Mexico City to work on mural projects in the ...

(1910–1973) * Eloísa Jiménez Gutiérrez (1908–1990) * Judith Gutierrez (1927–2003) * Rodrigo Gutierrez (1848–1903) * Jesús Helguera (1910–1971) * José Hernández Delgadillo (1927–2000) *

Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin (born San Bernardino Contla, February 11, 1922 – died Tlaxcala, September 14, 2007) was a Mexican artist best known for his large-scale mural work inside the State Government Palace in the state of Tlaxcala, Mex ...

(1922–2007) *

Saturnino Herrán Saturnino Herrán Guinchard (9 July 1887 – 8 October 1918) was a Mexican painter influential to Latin culture in the late 19th and early 20th century. Biography Born a mix of Indigenous Mexican and Swiss descent, Saturnino Herrán was rais ...

(1887–1918) *

Rodolfo Hurtado Rodolfo Hurtado (full name Rodolfo Hurtado Duhart) (b. 1940 – d. 2005) was a Mexican artist, considered to be part of the “Intermediate Generation” or that which came to prominence after the Generación de la Ruptura. His works are abstract ...

(1940–2005) * Francisco Icaza (1930–2014) * Ernesto Icaza Sánchez (1866–1935) *

Leandro Izaguirre Leandro Izaguirre (February 13, 1867 in Mexico City – February 26, 1941 in Mexico City) was a Mexican painter, illustrator and teacher. He entered the Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City in 1884. He is perhaps best known for his ''Torture o ...

(1867–1941) * María Izquierdo (1902–1955) * Jazzamoart (born 1951) * José María Jara (1866–1939) * José Jiménez (1830–1859) *

Frida Kahlo Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, ...

(1907–1954) * Myra Landau * Eugenio Landesio (1810–1879) *

Agustín Lazo Adalid Agustín Lazo Adalid (1896 – January 28, 1971) was a Mexican artist and playwright who is credited with introducing surrealism to Mexico. Although he grew up during the era of the Mexican Revolution, his time in Europe in the 1920s and earl ...

(1896–1971) *

Joy Laville Joy Laville (September 8, 1923 – April 13, 2018) was an English/Mexican artist whose art career began and mostly developed in Mexico when she came to the country to take art classes in San Miguel de Allende. While there she met Mexican writer J ...

(1923–2018) * Rina Lazo (1923–2019) * Fernando Leal (1896–1964) * Arturo Lemus Beltran (born 1978) * Manuel Lepe Macedo (1936–1984) * Marcela Lobo Crenier (born 1959) * Julia López (born 1936) * Amador Lugo Guadarrama (1921–2002) * Leonel Maciel (born 1939) *

Héctor Martínez Arteche Héctor Martínez Arteche (1934 – October 3, 2011) was a Mexican painter and muralist. He was born in Mexico City, but spent most of his life in the state of Sonora. Most of his mural work can be seen in Hermosillo, Ciudad Obregón and Navojoa, ...

(1934–2011) *

Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos (October 28, 1918 – January 11, 2009) was a Mexican painter noted for his figurative work on unreal atmospheres. He was one of several children from a very large family to make a mark in his field, along with Oliverio ...

(1918–2009) * Daniel Manrique (1939–2010) *

Eliana Menassé Eliana Menassé is a List of Mexican artists, Mexican painter and member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, an honor society for Mexican artists. Life Menassé was born in New York, but has lived in Mexico since she was two years old and cons ...

Arnulfo Mendoza Arnulfo Mendoza Ruiz (August 17, 1954 – March 7, 2014) was an artist and weaver, who exhibited his work both in Mexico and abroad. Born in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, a well-known center for traditional Zapotec weaving, he became one of its ...

(1954–2014) *

Carlos Mérida Carlos Mérida (December 2, 1891 – December 21, 1985) was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican mura ...

(1891–1984) *

Benito Messeguer Benito Messeguer (October 27, 1930 – October 19, 1982) was a Mexican artist born in Spain, best known for his murals which continued much of the work of the Mexican muralism movement. His work was recognized with a tribute at the Palacio de Bell ...

(1930–1982) * Guillermo Meza (1917–1997) * Alfonso Michel (1897–1957) * Luis Monroy (1845–1918) *

Roberto Montenegro Roberto Montenegro Nervo (February 19, 1885 in Guadalajara – October 13, 1968 in Mexico City) was a painter, muralist and illustrator, who was one of the first to be involved in the Mexican muralism movement after the Mexican Revolution. His m ...

(1885–1968) * Gustavo Montoya (1905–2003) * Francisco Mora (1922–2002) *

Rodolfo Morales Rodolfo Morales (May 8, 1925 – January 30, 2001) was a Mexican painter, who incorporated elements of magic realism into his work.Muchnic, Suzanne" Rodolfo Morales; Mexican Artist"''Los Angeles Times''. 1 Feb 2001 (retrieved 6 Jan 2009) Morale ...

(1925–2001) *

Rodolfo Moreno Rodolfo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Rodolfo (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian footballer Rodolfo José da Silva Bardella *Rodolfo Albano III, Filipino politician *Dolphy, Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. (1928-2012), Filipino ...

(1923–2012) *

Fumiko Nakashima is a Japanese artist who lives in Mexico. She began exhibiting works in various galleries in Japan but has since settled in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City. Her interest in Mexico came when she was seventeen, visiting the country tw ...

(born 1981) *

Carl Nebel Carl Nebel (18 March 1805 – 4 June 1855) was a German engineer, architect and draughtsman,Thieme-Becker, entry "Nebel, Carl" best known for his detailed paintings and lithographic prints made from them of the Mexican landscape and people during ...

* Nefero (1920–2005) *

Rodolfo Nieto Rodolfo Nieto Labastida (July 13, 1936 in Oaxaca – June 24, 1985 in Mexico City) was a Mexican painter of the Oaxacan School (apprenticed under Diego Rivera, later served him as an assistant). Biography Rodolfo Nieto was born at home i ...

(1936–1985) *

Luis Nishizawa Luis Nishizawa (February 2, 1918 – September 29, 2014) was a Mexican artist known for his landscape work and murals, which often show Japanese and Mexican influence. He began formal training as an artist in 1942 at the height of the Mexican mu ...

(1918–2014) * José Maria Obregón (1832–1902) * Manuel Ocaranza (1841–1882) *

Juan O'Gorman Juan O'Gorman (July 6, 1905 – January 17, 1982) was a Mexican painter and architect. Early life and family Juan O'Gorman was born on 6 July 1905 in Coyoacán, then a village to the south of Mexico City and now a borough of the Federal Distri ...

(1905–1982) *

Pablo O'Higgins Pablo Esteban O'Higgins (born Paul Higgins Stevenson; March 1, 1904 - July 16, 1983) was an American-Mexican artist, muralist and illustrator. Early life and education Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, O'Higgins was raised there and in San Diego, C ...

(1904–1983) *

José Clemente Orozco José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Sique ...

(1883–1949) * Ignacio Ortiz (born 1934) *

Mario Orozco Rivera Mario Orozco Rivera (January 19, 1930 – November 20, 1998) was a Mexican muralist and painter, a later proponent of Mexican muralism, and whose work was particularly influenced by David Alfaro Siqueiros. He created a number of murals, mostly in t ...

(1930–1998) * Sandra Pani (born 1964) * Félix Parra (1845–1919) * Tomás Parra (born 1937) * Antonio Peláez (1921–1994) * José Salomé Pina (1830–1909) * Aarón Piña Mora (1914–2009) *

Fanny Rabel Fanny Rabel (August 27, 1922 in Poland – November 25, 2008 in Mexico City), born Fanny Rabinovich, was a Polish-born Mexican artist who is considered to be the first modern female muralist and one of the youngest associated with the Mexic ...

(1922–2008) *

Alice Rahon Alice Phillipot (Alice Rahon) (8 June 1904 – September 1987) was a List of French artists, French/List of Mexican artists, Mexican poet and artist whose work contributed to the beginning of Abstract art, abstract expression in Mexico. She began ...

(1904–1987) * Joaquín Ramírez (ca 1839–1866) * Santiago Rebull (1829–1902) *

Jesús Reyes Ferreira Jesús Reyes Ferreira, (1880-1977) born José de Jesús Benjamín Buenaventura de los Reyes y Ferreira and also known as Chucho Reyes, was a self-taught artist and antiques/art collector and vendor. Reyes Ferreira began painting on crêpe paper, a d ...

(1880–1977) *

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

(1886–1957) * Antonio Rodríguez Luna (1910–1985) *

Manuel Rodríguez Lozano Manuel Rodríguez Lozano (December 4, 1896 – March 27, 1971) was a List of Mexican artists, Mexican painter, known for his “melancholy” depiction of Mexico rather than the more dominant political or festive one of the Mexican muralism movem ...

(1894?-1971) * José Luis Romo Martín (1954–2016) * Ingrid Rosas (born 1967) *

Antonio M. Ruíz Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

(1892–1964) *

Veronica Ruiz de Velasco Veronica, Veronika, etc., may refer to: People * Veronica (name) * Saint Veronica * Saint Veronica of Syria Arts and media Comics and literature * ''Veronica'', an 1870 novel by Frances Eleanor Trollope * ''Veronica'', a 2005 novel by Mary Gaits ...

(born 1968) * Diana Salazar (born 1972) * Herlinda Sanchez Laurel (1941–2019) *

David Alfaro Siqueiros David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros; December 29, 1896 – January 6, 1974) was a Mexican social realist painter, best known for his large public murals using the latest in equipment, materials and technique. Along with ...

(1896–1974) *

Rufino Tamayo Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (August 25, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.Sullivan, 170-171Ades, 357 Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, ...

(1899–1991) *

Francisco Toledo Francisco Benjamín López Toledo (17 July 1940 – 5 September 2019) was a Mexican Zapotec painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. In a career that spanned seven decades, Toledo produced thousands of works of art and became widely regarded a ...

(1941–2019) *

Mauricio Toussaint Mauricio Toussaint is a contemporary artist of French and Mexican descent. Toussaint entered the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara to obtain a degree in architecture (he graduated in 1985 with a bachelor's degree). During this time, he was ...

(born 1960) * Filemón Treviño (born 1969) * Lucinda Urrusti (born 1929) *

Cordelia Urueta Cordelia Urueta Sierra (b. September 16, 1908 (Coyoacán) – d. November 3, 1995 (Mexico City)) was a Mexican artist best known for her use of color and abstraction but still retaining frequent reference to the human form. She was born into an in ...

(1908–1995) * Francisco Antonio Vallejo (1722–1785) * Luis Valsoto (born 1939) * Rafael Vargas-Suarez a.k.a. Vargas-Suarez Universal (born 1972) *

Remedios Varo María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish-born Mexican surrealist artist working in Spain, France, and Mexico. Early life Remedios Varo Uranga was born in Anglès, is a small town ...

(1908–1963) * Manuel Ignacio Vásquez (active between 1806 and 1835) *

José María Velasco Gómez José María Tranquilino Francisco de Jesús Velasco Gómez Obregón, generally known as José María Velasco, (Temascalcingo, 6 July 1840Estado de México, 26 August 1912) was a 19th-century Mexican polymath, most famous as a painter who made M ...

(1840–1912) * Lourdes Villagomez (born 1984) *

Vlady Vladi or Vlady may refer to the following people: * Vlady Kibalchich Rusakov (1920–2005), Russian-Mexican painter * Vlady (musician), an Argentine musician and film score composer of the 1950s * Vladi Vargas (born 1971), Swedish music producer * ...

(1920–2005) * Shino Watabe (born 1970) *

Ángel Zárraga Ángel Zárraga (y) Argüelles (August 16, 1886 in Victoria de Durango – September 22, 1946) was a Mexican painter. He was a founding member of the cultural organization '' El Ateneo de la Juventud''. His work was part of the art competition ...

(1886–1946) * Nahum B. Zenil (born 1947) *

Alfredo Zalce Alfredo Zalce Torres (12 January 1908 – 19 January 2003) was a Mexican artist and contemporary of Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros and other better-known muralists. He worked principally as a painter, sculptor, and engraver, also taught, and ...

(1908–2003) *

José Zúñiga José Zúñiga (born April 1, 1965) is a Honduran-American actor.José Zúñiga profile
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(born 1937) *

Celso Zubire Celso Zubire (born September 20, 1947) is a Mexican artist, member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. He has lived in Mexico and the United States, notably Louisiana, where he painted a number of murals for restaurants and nightclubs. His ar ...

(born 1947)

Photographers

Manuel Álvarez Bravo Manuel Álvarez Bravo (February 4, 1902 – October 19, 2002) was a Mexican artistic photographer and one of the most important figures in 20th century Latin American photography. He was born and raised in Mexico City. While he took art classes a ...

(1902–2002) * Colette Álvarez Urbajtel (1934–2020) * Enrique Bostelmann (1939–2003) *

Agustín Casasola Agustín Víctor Casasola (28 July 1874 – 30 March 1938) was a Mexican photographer and partial founder of the Mexican Association of Press Photographers. Casasola began his career as a typographer for the newspaper ''El Imparcial'', eventual ...

(1874–1928) * Blanca Charolet (born 1953) * Héctor García Cobo (1923–2012) * Maya Goded (born 1967) *

Graciela Iturbide Graciela Iturbide (born May 16, 1942) is a Mexican photographer. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and is included in many major museum collections such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The J. Paul Getty Museum. Biograp ...

(born 1942) *

Guillermo Kahlo Guillermo Kahlo (born Carl Wilhelm Kahlo; 26 October 1871 – 14 April 1941) was a German Mexicans, German-Mexican photographer. He photographically documented important architectural works, churches, streets, landmarks, as well as industries and ...

(1871–1941) * Paulina Lavista (born 1945) * Nacho López (1923–1986) *

Teresa Margolles Teresa Margolles (born 1963) is a Mexican conceptual artist, photographer, videographer, and performance artist. As an artist she researches the social causes and consequences of death.Prince Claus Fund (June 2012''Report from the 2012 Prince Clau ...

(born 1963) *

Pedro Meyer Pedro Meyer (born October 6, 1935 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish photographer based in Mexico. He is one of the pioneers of the digital revolution in contemporary photography. He was the founder and president of the ''Consejo Mexicano de Fotograf ...

(born 1935) *

Dulce Pinzon Dulce Pinzón (born 1974 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican artist currently living in Brooklyn, New York, Mexico City, Mexico, and Montreal, Montreal, Canada. In 2015 she was named by Forbes Magazine as "One of the 50 most creative Mexicans i ...

(born 1974) *

Walter Reuter Walter Reuter (b. January 4, 1906 - March 20, 2005) was a Mexican photojournalist of German origin. Reuter arrived to Mexico in 1942, after fleeing the rise of the Nazis in Germany, and the defeat of the Republicans in Spain. Having started his c ...

(1906–2005) *

Mariana Yampolsky Mariana Yampolsky (September 6, 1925 – May 3, 2002) was a Mexican-American photographer. A significant figure in 20th-century Mexican photography, she specialized in capturing photos of common people in everyday situations in the rural areas ...

(1925–2002)

Sculptors

* Clemente Islas Allende (1892–1938) *

Adalberto Álvarez Marines Adalberto Alvarez Marines (born 1952) is a Mexican artist and artisan who specializes in creating sculptures and other works in hard paper mache, called cartonería in Mexican Spanish. As a child, Alvarez began drawing and writing, with some succ ...

Feliciano Béjar Feliciano Béjar Ruíz (1920 – February 1, 2007) was a Mexican artist and artisan, best known for a style of sculpture called "magiscopios" which involved various materials along with crystals and/or lenses to play with light or create distorted ...

(1920–2007) * Juan Bellido (ca 1829-?) *

Geles Cabrera Geles Cabrera Alvarado (born August 2, 1929 in Mexico City) is a Mexico City sculptor who has worked in a variety of materials, there is a museum dedicated to her work in the south of the city. Life Geles Cabrera was born in Mexico City to Salva ...

(born 1929) *

Sergio Bustamante Sergio Bustamante (October 18, 1934 – May 22, 2014) was a Mexican actor of telenovelas, cinema, dubbing and theater. Life and career Born Sergio Emilio Edgardo de Bustamante y Arteaga Roa, he studied psychology in UNAM and later acted in ''Esc ...

(1907–1989) * Francisco Cárdenas Martínez * Rosa Castillo (1910–1989) *

(1915–2012) *

Pedro Cervantes Pedro Miguel de Cervantes Salvadores (2 October 1933 – 26 October 2020) was a Mexican sculptor who exhibited in Mexico and abroad and created large monumental works for various locations in the country. Some of his work is noted for its use of ...

(1933–2020) * Jesus F. Contreras (1866–1902) * Arnulfo Domínguez Bello (active in the first half of the 20th century) *

Manuel Felguerez Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

(1928–2020) *

Mathias Goeritz Werner Mathias Goeritz Brunner (4 April 1915, Danzig, German Empire – 4 August 1990, Mexico City) was a Mexican painter and sculptor of German people, German origin. After spending much of the 1940s in North Africa and Spain, he and his wife, ...

(1916–1990) *

Fernando González Gortázar Fernando González Gortázar (19 October 1942 – 7 October 2022) was a Mexican architect, sculptor, and writer, considered to be one of the most influential Mexican architects of the 20th century. Life and career Fernando González Gortázar ...

* Enrique Guerra (1871–1943) *

Gabriel Guerra Gabriel Guerra (1847 – 3 November 1893) was a Mexican sculptor. He was born in Unión de San Antonio, Jalisco and trained at Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (National School of Fine Arts) in Mexico City where he studied with Miguel Noreña. ...

(1847–1893) *

Ángela Gurría Ángela Gurría Davó (24 March 1929 – 17 February 2023) was a Mexican sculptor. In 1974, she became the first female member of the Academia de Artes. She is best known for her monumental sculptures such as ''Señal'', an eighteen-meter tall ...

(born 1929) * Pedro Patiňo Ixtolinque (1774–1834) * Heriberto Juárez (1932–2008) * Pablo Kubli (born 1953) * José María Labastida (ca 1800-ca 1849) * Tosia Malamud (1923–2008) *

Mary Martin Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress and singer. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles on stage over her career, including Nellie Forbush in '' South Pacific'' (194 ...

(1907–1969) * Ricardo Martínez Herrera (born 1989) * Deyanira África Melo *

Luis Ortiz Monasterio Luis Ortiz Monasterio (August 23, 1906 in Mexico City – February 16, 1990 in Mexico City) was a Mexican sculptor noted for his monumental works such as the Monumento a la Madre and the Nezahualcoyotl Fountain in Chapultepec Park. His work was rec ...

(1906–1990) * Enrique Guerra (1871–1943) * Fidencio Lucano Nava (1869–1938) * Agustín Parra Echauri * Abel Ramírez Águilar (1943–2021) * Marina Pombar (born 1947) * María Luisa Reid (born 1943) *

Dionicio Rodriguez Dionicio Rodriguez (1891–1955) was a Mexican-born artist and architect whose work can be seen in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as Washington, D.C. and Mexico City. Dionicio Rodrígue ...

(1891–1955) * José Sacal (1944–2018) * Sebastián (born 1947) * Naomi Siegmann (1933–2018) * Felipe Sojo (1833–1869) * Juan Soriano (1920–2006) *

Manuel Vilar Manuel Vilar i Roca (15 November 1812, Barcelona - 25 November 1860, Mexico City) was a Spanish sculptor, in the Romantic style.Alberto Espinosa, ''La Renovación de la Real Academia de San Carlos: Manuel Vilar y Pelegrín Clavé'', Terranova/r ...

(1812–1860) * Álvaro Zardoni (born 1964) *

Francisco Zúñiga José Jesús Francisco Zúñiga Chavarría (December 27, 1912 – August 9, 1998) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist, known both for his painting and his sculpture. Journalist Fernando González Gortázar lists Zúñiga as one of the 100 m ...

(1912–1998)Latin American art

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Artists An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the ...