Latin American Art
The Latin American Collection at Phoenix Art Museum includes over 400 objects from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The strengths of the Collection are Spanish Colonial and early 20th century Mexican artworks.
The Spanish Colonial Gallery houses 18th century portraiture, religious paintings and sculptures, colonial furniture and decorative arts. The diverse collection of objects reflects the blend of European, Asian and indigenous traditions that were used by Colonial artists to create their own distinctive American vision.
Notable artworks in the 20th Century Latin American Collection are Frida Kahlo's The Suicide of Dorothy Hale, Rufino Tamayo's Dos figuras en rojo (Two Figures in Red), and Diego Rivera's Mujer Indigena Tejiendo (Indian Spinning). Recent works by contemporary Latin American artists also are included in the Collection.
You can support this area of the collection by joining the Latin American Art Alliance.
Select Exhibition History
Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920-1950
Steele Gallery
July 1, 2007 - September 16, 2007
Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art
Steele Gallery
July 11, 2004 - September 26, 2004
The Judy and Sidney Zuber Collection of Latin American Photography
Orme Lewis Gallery
March 13 - July 5, 2004
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art
Steele Gallery
March 31- June 24, 2001
Left: Dos figuras en rojo (Two Figures in Red), Rufino Tamayo, 1973. Oil on canvas. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of the Friends of Mexican Art. Center: Indigena tejiendo (Indian Spinning), Diego Rivera, 1936. Oil on canvas. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce. Right: El suicidio de Dorothy Hale (The Suicide of Dorothy Hale), Frida Kahlo, 1939. Oil on masonite with painted frame. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of an anonymous donor.