[[Image:Villalpando San Ignacio en Tierra Santa 1710.jpg|thumb|Villalpando, San Ignacio en Tierra Santa, 1710, Museo Nacional del Virreinato.]]
'''Painting''' is one of the most ancient arts in Mexico. It is said that the oldest paint in America was found in a cave in [[Baja California]]. [[Aztecs]] and Mayans, painted on the walls of their temples and tombs. In [[Maya|Mayan]] culture one may find interesting paintings in Bonampak frescoes. The [[Baroque]] style was developed also in [[New Spain]] in its Colonial era; although, it incorporated Indian decorative motifs. Religious paintings intended for churches and [[portraits ]] of aristocrats were the current subject in this Colonial era. From the XVI to the XVIII Century, Mexican painting played an important didactic role. Different European Schools during XIX and XX Century, had influence in Mexican painters. ''The Mexican Modernist School (and [[Muralism|muralists]]) abandoned the solemn and detached art of [[Europe]] and instead embraced bold [[New World]] imagery full of color and human activity.'' [http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jcummings/jcdiegofrida.html]
== Painters of New Spain ==
Some of the most important painters of the New Spain are:
* [[Simón Pereyns]](Flemish)* Sebastián López de Arteaga (Spanish)* Baltasar de Echave Orio (Basque)* Baltasar de Echave Ibía* [[Baltasar Echave Rioja]]* [[Luis Juárez]]
* [[Cristóbal de Villalpando]]
* [[José Juárez]]
* [[Juan Correa]]
* [[José de Ibarra]]
* [[Miguel Cabrera]]
* [[Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez]]* [[José Luis Rodríguez Alconedo]]
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== Painters of Mexico ==
[[ImageFile:Piña Sanson y Dalila detalleSelf Portrait Pelegrin Clave WCPD.jpg|thumb|Sansón y Dalila (detail) Self-Portrait by José Salomé PinaPelegrín Clavé.]]
[[File:Cordero Autoretrato.jpg|thumb|Selfportrait by Juan Cordero.]]
[[Image:Diego Rivera 1949.JPG|thumb|Diego Rivera, 1949.]]
Some of the most important Mexican painters are:
* [[Jose Maria Velasco|José María Velasco]]
* [[Joaquin Clausell]]
* [[Germán Gedovius]]
* [[Dr. Atl]]
* [[Jose Clemente Orozco]]
* [[Rufino Tamayo]]
* [[Remedios Varo]]
* [[Alfredo Zalce]]
* [[Juan O'Gorman]]
* [[Gunther Gerzso]]
* [[Jorge Gonzalez Camarena]]
* Jesús Guerrero Galván
* [[Leonora Carrington]]
* [[Juan Soriano]]
* Pedro Coronel
* [[Rafael Coronel]]* [[Francisco Toledo]]
{{Clear}}<br><br>[[Image:Diego Rivera 1949.JPG|thumb|left|Diego Rivera, 1949.]]
[[Image:Clausell Marina.jpg|center|frame|Joaquin Clausell, Marina]]
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== Gallery ==
File:Gonzalez Camarena Presencia de America Latina.jpg|Presencia de America Latina [[Jorge Gonzalez Camarena]].
Image:Guerrero Galvan La Madre Tierra.jpg|La Madre Tierra ''' Jesús Guerrero Galván'''
Image:Carington Carrington Adios mí general.jpg|Adios Adiós mí general '''[[Leonora Carrington''']]
Image:Soriano Retrato de Don Diego de Mesa con perro1948.JPG|Retrato de Don Diego de Mesa con perro '''[[Juan Soriano]]'''
Image:Toledo Vacas y toro.jpg|Vacas y Toro '''Francisco Toledo'''
Image:Luz de Lourdes Pino Terraza.gif|Terraza '''Luz de Lourdes Pino'''
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[[File:Velasco - Valley of Mexico.jpg]]
Valley of Mexico by [[José María Velasco]].
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*[[Painting Schools]]
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
* [[Mexico by World Painters]]
[[Image:Chac códice maya.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Chac, mayan codex.]]
== External links ==
[[Image:Varo Source of the Orinoco River.jpg|thumb|[[Remedios Varo]], Exploration of the Source of the Orinoco River.]]
*[http://www.explorandomexico.com/about-mexico/5/5/ Mexican Painters]
*[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Mexicana.html Mexican art]
*[http://www.pinturamexicana.com/ Pintura Mexicana] In Spanish.
*[http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/arts.html Mexican Artists and Sculptors]
*[http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/carrington1.html Leonora Carrington.] Art of the 20th Century.
[[Image:Chávez Morado Las Vírgenes Locas.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Las Vírgenes Locas, José Chávez Morado.]]