Carlos Mérida

guatemala, painter, muralist, abstraction, maya

Born Dec 02, 1891

Mexico City, Guatemala

Passed Away Dec 21, 1984 Mexico City, Guatemala

Lifespan 93 years old

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"In the geometric rhythm of Mayan textiles rests the eternal architecture of our modern visual soul."

Archival Overview

Pioneering Guatemalan modernist painter and muralist who synthesized Mayan ancestral iconography with European geometric abstraction.

Biographical Record

Carlos Mérida was one of the earliest and most innovative modern artists in Latin America, celebrated for fusing pre-Columbian Mayan motifs with European cubism and surrealism.

Studying in Paris alongside Modigliani and Diego Rivera, Mérida assisted Rivera with the seminal Anfiteatro Bolívar murals before developing his distinctive geometric and biomorphic abstract style.

His monumental integrated murals in Guatemala City, including those at the Banco de Guatemala and the Municipal Palace, redefined modernist architectural art across the Americas.

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Final Resting Place

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Panteón Francés de San Joaquín
Mexico City, Guatemala

                         GPS: 19.4500, -99.2000                    

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