biografia di Carlos MÉRIDA (1891-1984)

Birth place: Guatemala City, Guatemala

Addresses: Mexico City, Mexico

Profession: Painter

Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1923; AIC,1932, 1937-44.

Work: MoMA, NYC; Mus. Mod. Art, San Fran.; Mus. Dallas, TX; Mus. Mod. Art, S„o Paulo, Brazil; Mus. Arte Mod., Caracas, Venezuela. Commissions: murals, (colored concrete), Apts. Juarez, Mexico City, 1951, Champion Bougies (enameled tiles), Mexico City, 1968, Hemisfair, San Antonio, TX, 1968 & enamel on copper, Banco Guatemala, 1969.

Sources: WW73; Luis Cardoza, Carlos Merida (Ministry Educ., 1935); Margarita Nelken, Carlos Merida (Nat. Univ. Mexico, 1961); MoMA, monograph (Mexico City,1970). WW73 (gives birthdate of 1891); Falk, AIC (gives birthdate as 1893)