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The Hungry Moon is a collection of Mexican nursery tales, including two songs and thirteen stories, illustrated by Mérida for American publishers. Though original artworks by Mérida are rare and valuable, his illustrations bring his characteristic style to the realm of children’s literature, merging cultural motifs with modernist aesthetics.
Carlos Mérida was a Guatemalan-born artist who became a major figure in Latin American modernism. He studied at the Instituto de Artes y Artesanías in Guatemala and, in 1910, moved to Paris, where he lived for four years and worked alongside artists such as Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, and Amedeo […]
Carlos Mérida (1891–1984) was a Guatemalan-born artist and painter whose work became central to modern Latin American art. He was born in 1891 and later moved to Mexico, where he spent most of his creative life. His art blends European modernism with indigenous Latin American and Mayan influences, resulting in […]