Lesson 19

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Question SA-7. Here is the text reference (p. 181/last):

The world of art continued to be influenced by various European currents which sometimes had relationships to the fragmented trends listed above and sometimes did not. France continued to be the principal source of these movements, which included traditional academic painting, Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Many (if not most) major Latin American painters spent time in Europe (mainly France), and would return to their native Latin American country inspired by the latest European movement. At times these fresh infusions died out, and at times they caught on or became modified by local movements. So it should not surprise us that a major Mexican Muralist like Diego Rivera should have gone through a Cubist phase, and another in which Surrealism is evident.