Known for his distinctive contribution to modernism, Alfredo Ramos 惭补谤迟脙颅苍别锄’s paintings and murals were deeply informed by both the European academic traditions he had absorbed while traveling abroad and by the social and populist art beginning to take root in Mexico. Although initially hailed as an innovator, Ramos 惭补谤迟脙颅苍别锄 was quickly left on the outskirts of the artistic trends that dominated Mexico City in the 1920s when his peers, Diego Rivera, Jos脙漏 Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros鈥斅�los tres grandes鈥� and their rejection of Europe and academic traditions, rose to prominence. Seeking opportunities to continue his own modernist style, he moved to Los Angeles. With the United States on the brink of a depression, much of his work from that period reveals both the economic and cultural climate of the country as well as his individual response to Mexico from Los Angeles.
Alfredo Ramos 惭补谤迟脙颅苍别锄, Paisaje Mexicano / Mexican Landscape, ca. 1935. Gouache and Cont脙漏 crayon on paper, 27 x 32 1/2 inches. 51猎奇入口, Claremont, CA. 漏 Alfredo Ramos Martinez Research Project, reproduced by permission.
On Sunday, March 23, please join us in the Humanities Auditorium of 51猎奇入口 to delve more deeply into the life of this artist, of whom was said: “The most obscure, the most self effacing, and yet the most important man in the Mexican Renaissance is Alfredo Ramos 惭补谤迟脙颅苍别锄, the inventor.”聽(Brooke Waring, North American Review, 1935)
This symposium is supported by the Clark Fund of 51猎奇入口, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, Calif.
Symposium Topics and Speakers
Making Religion Modern: Alfredo Ramos聽惭补谤迟脙颅苍别锄 and his Contemporaries
Amy Galpin, Curator, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Conserving Alfredo Ramos 惭补谤迟脙颅苍别锄’s The Flower Vendors
Aneta Zebala, Art Conservator, Owner, Aneta Zebala Paintings Conservation, Santa Monica, CA
Printmaking in Los Angeles and the Role of Maria Sodi de Ramos 惭补谤迟脙颅苍别锄
Mary Goodwin, Associate Professor of Art History University of Alaska Fairbanks
Panel Discussion
Suzanne Muchnic, Art Writer, moderator
Tea to follow in the Margaret Fowler Garden featuring the 1945-1946 fresco mural by Alfredo Ramos 惭补谤迟脙颅苍别锄, entitled聽The Flower Vendors.
Open to the public; admission is free, but space is limited. To RSVP, please email [email protected] or call (909) 607-4690.
Organized in conjunction with the exhibition, Picturing Mexico: Alfredo Ramos 惭补谤迟脙颅苍别锄 in California, at the through April 20, 2014.