Begun in Europe, Surrealism soon crossed the Atlantic and took on a new life in Latin America.
c. 1925 - 1950
Begun in Europe, Surrealism soon crossed the Atlantic and took on a new life in Latin America.
c. 1925 - 1950
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Hector Hyppolite created many paintings that are tied to Vodou for the burgeoning Haitian art market of the 1940s.
Diego is sturdy, solid, unmoving. Frida looks out, quizzically, and with her hand on his, seems to be breaking free.
In her double self-portrait, Kahlo wears both European garb and the Indigenous clothing she grew to prefer.
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