(Drivebycuriosity) - .Mexico City has a legion of museums, you can see them almost at every corner. The Museo Nacional De Arte Mexico City belongs to my favorites (munal.mx). Mexico´s National Museum of Art preserves, exhibits, studies and transmits Mexican works of art produced between the second half of the XVI century and 1954, thus offering a global and synthesized vision of Mexican Art from this period. I found there an impressive selection of art work, sometimes beautiful & sometimes thought provoking. I display here my favorites, a very subjective selection as usual.
On top of this post you can see "Apotheosis of Peace" by Alberto Fuster (ca. 1903). This is an elaborated composition with delicate elements, apparently inspired by the old Greeks.
Above another painting by Alberto Fuster: "Tryptic for Majesto Justo Sierra, Principios De Siglio". Again a beautiful classical scene.
Above the raw "Scenes from ´La Conquista" by Félix Parra (1877). Yes, the conquistadors were butchers.
Above "Los santos ninos Justo y Pastor" by José Juárez (ca. 1653) followed by "The Wake"by José Maria Jara (1889). The first image looks like a scene from a Disney movie, the second reminds of Caravaggio.
Above some detail shots from "The Betrayal of the Virgin and Saint Joseph" by Christophal de Villapando (17 century) followed by "La adoración de las pastores" by Pedro Ramirez (1670-80). The little guy seems to be sick of it all.
Above "Las travesuras del amor"/Cupid`s Mischief" by Manuel Ocaranza (1871). Did he confuse love potion with poison?
Above the sad harem wife,"By the order of the Sultan", by Antonio Fabrés followed by “Bugambilias” by Saturnino Herrán (1916) & the apparently tired “The Huntress of the Andes” by Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez.
Above the funny “The Genius of Painting” by José Guadalupe Montenegro (1849). What did the artist try to tell us?
I also like these landscapes. They all depict the huge Valley of Mexico in the past where the gigantic Mexico City is located today. The creators are Cleofas Almanza & José Maria Velasco.
Mexicans love murals. So the museum has some, I guess it`s called "Jugendstil" or Art Deco. Lovely aren`t they.
We also could see a temporary exhibition with work by Carlos Mérida. I made an extra blog post about this show (driveby).
I also admired the architecture. Above some glances into the atrium & the entrance hall.
The collection complements the Museo Arte Moderno Mexico City, which also has Mexican contemporary artists (here my report driveby). Together they show what Mexican artists can and could do. Both are highly recommend.
To be continued
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