Retratos-2000 Years of Latin American Portraits SAMA Catalogue

Official catalogue accompanying the exhibition, Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits shown at the San Antonio Museum of Art from February 4 - April 30, 2006. An engaging variety of works by such well-known figures as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Fernando Botero, and Jose Campeche as well as stunning examples by anonymous and obscure artists. Distinguished contributors discuss the significance of portraits in the ancient Mayan civilizations, in the world of colonial Iberians, in the political struggles of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and in a remarkable range of other times and locations. Introduction by Marion Oettinger, Jr., Curator Emeritus of Latin American Art. In 2010, Oettinger received the Van Deren Coke Lifetime Achievement Award in Spanish Colonial Art and Folk Art. In 2018 he became Curator Emeritus of Latin American Art. Oettinger retired in June 2018. 304 Pages 10 x 12 inches 207 illustrations ISBN 978-0300106275 Softcover Published by the San Antonio Museum of Art 2005