Ramos Martinez’s paintings offer intimate insights into the pluralistic nature of Mexican culture, particularly the ethnic complexities of indigenous people. He captured the deeply ingrained regional and national influences through popular images of mothers and families, and in tender relationships between husbands and wives. Those subjects were appealing in their universality, but this exhibit showcases examples of subjects that are distinctively Hispanic. The nature of Mexican workers, for example, is exemplified in “Vededora de Frutas," where men and women vendors carry their wares, the women with baskets on their heads. Close-ups of their faces reflect their anxieties. Also featured are a few samples of dramatic Mexican landscapes where mountains are rendered in vivid shades of reds and golds.
Louis Stern Fine Art’s Alfredo Ramos Martinez and Latin American Modernism features six works from the “Father of Mexican Modernism” as he was known.