Latin American Art of the 20th Century, by Edward Lucie-Smith (1993)

USA: Thames and Hudson, 1993. Paperback. used, former library book, has stickers and pocket inside, acceptable. 5.75x8.25. “Latin American Art of the 20th Century” (1992), by Edward Lucie-Smith. This comprehensive survey introduces an exceptionally rich, fascinating and complex art, that has gained great popularity in recent years. Edward Lucie-Smith discusses major subjects and issues. Magic Realism, Expressionism and other concepts shared with Latin American literature, the great muralists Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jos√© Clemente Orozco, the interaction of politics, society and art, the continuing interest in folk art, and the dialogue between avant-garde European and North American movements and "indigenist" thinking in the work of artists such as Wifredo Lani, Matta, Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo. Many other artists, including a large number of women, from the 1900s to the present day, are included in this compelling look at a great body of art.