Artwork
Untitled
Artist
Carlos Orozco Romero
(Mexican, 1898 - 1984)
DepartmentContemporary Art
Dateca. 1945
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/2 × 39 in. (77.5 × 99.1 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mr. W.W. McAllister, Sr.
Object number80.208.7
Copyright© The Estate of Carlos Orozco Romero
DescriptionView of a mountainous landscape and a meandering river or lake rendered largely in soft blue and green hues.Label TextIn this tranquil landscape, the only sign of human presence is a thin line, representing a road, which rings the mountains in the foreground. The bare topography and muted palette permeate the scene with a Surrealist atmosphere, appearing primordial or dreamlike. Born in Guadalajara, Carlos Orozco Romero spent time in Europe during the early 1920s where he absorbed modernism before settling in Mexico City in 1925. He was known for cartoons and portraits early in his career but turned to Mexico’s landscape during the 1940s.
En este tranquilo paisaje, el único signo de presencia humana es una fina línea que representa una carretera que rodea las montañas en primer plano. La topografía desprovista de vegetación y la paleta tenue impregnan la escena con una atmósfera surrealista, que parece primitiva o de ensueño. Nacido en Guadalajara, Carlos Orozco Romero pasó un tiempo en Europa a principios de los años veinte, donde absorbió el modernismo antes de establecerse en Ciudad de México en 1925. A principios de su carrera se le conocía por sus dibujos y retratos, pero en la década de 1940 se dedicó a representar el paisaje de México.
(Lana Meador, 2022)
On view
Collections
Alma Nungarrayi Granites
Culture: Aboriginal Australians (Warlpiri language group)
2007
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