Abraham Angel

Between Wonder and Seduction

Mark A. Castro, Mireida Velázquez

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Yale University Press
29 December 2023

Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; History of the Americas

A survey of the paintings of Abraham Ángel that situates the celebrated artist’s work within the broader arc of Mexican art in the 1920s

One of the leading artists of his generation in Mexico, Abraham Ángel (1905–1924) produced just twenty-four paintings before his sudden death at the age of 19. Praised by Mexico’s greatest cultural luminaries for his work’s vivacity, individuality, and uninhibited emotion, Ángel’s paintings are immersed in the rich bohemian world of Mexico City in the 1920s and explore themes of national identity, urban life, and modernity. While much of the scholarship surrounding the artist has focused on the circumstances of his untimely death, essays by Mark A. Castro and Mireida Velázquez shift the spotlight to Ángel’s innovative and enduring work and how it reflects the broader political, social, and cultural currents that were transforming Mexico in the wake of the country’s violent revolution. This beautifully illustrated volume reassesses the artist’s legacy and draws readers into the world of one of the most unique painters in the history of Mexican art.

Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art

Exhibition Schedule

Dallas Museum of Art

(September 10, 2023–January 28, 2024)

Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

(March 14–July 14, 2024)

Contributions by: Mireida Velázquez
Edited by: Mark A. Castro
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 229mm,
ISBN: 9780300273250
ISBN 10: 0300273258
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 29 December 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark A. Castro is the Jorge Baldor Curator of Latin American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art. Mireida Velázquez is director of the Museo Nacional de San Carlos in Mexico City.

Reviews for Abraham Angel: Between Wonder and Seduction

“Ángel’s 20 extant works reproduce beautifully in a slim but convincing catalog that doesn’t overstate the case. . . . [His portraits] combined Mexico’s burgeoning populist aesthetic with a private romanticism that seems nonetheless to have sought clarity on the promise of his country’s Revolution.”—Walker Mimms, New York Times, “Best Art Books of 2023”