Manuel Alvarez Bravo, artist and art
Born Febr 4 1902, Birth Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Died Dec 12 2002 deathCoyoacáan, Mexico.
Hasselblad Award 1984.
Artist biography, artworks, statement, interview, review, exhibition:
With a career that spans nearly eighty years, Manuel Alvarez Bravo (b.1902) has long been recognized as one of the foremost figures in the history of photography and one of the great Mexican artists of the twentieth century.
Alvarez Bravo’s career began in the thriving artistic environment of post-revolutionary Mexico, when Mexico City emerged as an international center for artistic and intellectual exchange. Like his contemporaries Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco, Alvarez Bravo was influenced by the indigenous culture of Mexico throughout his career..
Manuel Alvarez Bravo is generally recognized to be one of the masters of modern photography and the most significant artist in Mexico today…
Mannequin with Voice (Maniqui con voz)
El Soñador, ca. 1930
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