Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This time the argument is about the expression “significant painting,” which the author Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias contrasts with the term “abstract painting.” He claims that the former has a logical or scientific meaning, which his [...]

In this essay Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias explains the term “metaphysical art” that he uses to describe La gran Pietà, the painting by Lajos d’Ebneth, the Hungarian artist who lived in Peru. Cantuarias suggests that only an overly [...]

In this essay Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias discusses La gran Pietà—the painting by Lajos d’Ebneth, the Hungarian artist who lived in Peru—that was shown at the exhibition at the Galería de Lima in August 1950. The author explains the [...]

In this article Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias replies to the comments made by Luis Miró Quesada Garland (El Comercio, Lima, August 14, 1955) as part of the debate prompted by the latter’s conclusions concerning the newspaper’s survey about [...]

In response to the aesthetic opinions expressed by the architect Luis Miró Quesada Garland, who vehemently denied any influence between society and art, the author states that it is obvious that “the great art movements have had an influence on [...]

Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias, the driving force behind the El Comercio newspaper’s survey about art, summarizes the results and underscores the presumed consensus among “learned” people. In his opinion, “modern” painting is gaining [...]

Several European intellectuals responded to the final question in the survey about “classical” painting and “modern” painting that was published in the Lima newspaper El Comercio. Paul Linder states that, in the course of history, there are [...]

The survey about “classical” painting and “modern” painting that appeared in El Comercio, a Lima newspaper, sought to elicit opinions about the changes that painting has undergone. Though Sérvulo Gutiérrez states that those changes reflect [...]

In response to the survey published by the Lima newspaper El Comercio as to the difference between “classical” and “modern” art, respondents provided different and, in some cases, contradictory answers. Responding to the question regarding [...]

In response to the question in the survey published by the Lima newspaper El Comercio as to whether “modern” painting is an improvement on “classical” painting or a step back, the various respondents agreed that different styles from [...]

The question in the El Comercio newspaper’s survey, “Which do you prefer, classical painting or modern painting?” prompted replies from two painters, one attorney, one journalist, and an art dealer. All the responses were similar, claiming that [...]

This is the general introduction to the survey about “classical” painting and “modern” painting that was published over the course of several weeks in the “Cátedra Libre” section of the Sunday supplement of El Comercio, a Lima newspaper [...]