Carlos’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Prints from the Popol-Vuh
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Mayan Motif No. 1
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Study for Self-Portrait
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Study for The Dead Bird
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Prints from the Popol-Vuh
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Plastic Invention on the Theme of Love
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Prints from the Popol-Vuh
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Prints from the Popol-Vuh
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Study for El Meusaje
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Two Figures and a Circle
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Untitled
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Four Muses Equally Distant from a Crutch
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Study for the Oracle
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Untitled
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Two Figures, Abstract
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Hueyapan of the State of Puebla, from Mexican Costume
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Otomies of the State of Puebla, from Mexican Costume
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Huicholes of the States of Nayarit and Jalisco, from Mexican Costume
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

The Sarape and the Rebezo, from Mexican Costume
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Mestizos of the State of Yucatan, from Mexican Costume
Carlos Mérida (Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984) published by Pocahontas Press (American, 20th century) printed by The Lakeside Press (American, 20th century) silkscreen by C. W. Belden and Associates (American, 20th century)