Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In nostalgic tone, “La melancolía de la raza indígena” (1929) by Colombian intellectual Armando Solano advocates a return to “pure customs” and “the national.” This was a response to the excessive growth of the United States after World [...]

In “De cómo se expresa en arte el pueblo colombiano” [On How Colombians Express Themselves in Art] (1934), the Colombian intellectual Luis López de Mesa reviews the history of Colombian art during the colonial period. He describes this period [...]

This essay, written by the Colombian attorney and philosopher Francisco Posada, is divided into nine parts: (i) an untitled introduction; (ii) “Colonial Feudalism”; (iii) “Realism and Social Conflict”; (iv) “Painting”; (v) “The Current [...]