''The Rosario Chapel'' is a painting by

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artist Juan Soriano, created in 1960. The work is an oil on canvas and its dimensions are 125.6 x 75.4 cm The painting is part of the collection of

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and recently was part of the retrospective exhibition, ''Juan Soriano 1920-2006,'' organized by the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico.

Description

The painting highlights the topics of color and abstractionism, which were important characteristics of this particular period in Soriano's work. It is also a characteristic that he shared with the artists of the Breakthrough Generation, such as

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 ...

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