NEW YORK, NY.- Schoelkopf Gallery – specializing in 19th and 20th century American fine art is now presenting Mexican Modernism: Diego Rivera and Manuel Rodríguez Lozano. This new, intimate exhibition exemplifies Schoelkopf Gallery's commitment to celebrating the global legacy of modernism across the Americas.

In 1930, at the height of U.S. interest in Mexican art, Carl Zigrosser, director of the prominent Weyhe Gallery in New York and future Philadelphia Museum of Art curator, visited the studio of Manuel Rodríguez Lozano, where he bought a parcel of paintings he described as “among the most interesting in Mexico.” At the same time, Erhard Weyhe, Zigrosser’s partner, embarked on a mission to find new work by Diego Rivera to loan to the major 1931 retrospective dedicated to the artist organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mexican Modernism presents two pairs of newly rediscovered paintings by Rodríguez Lozano and Rivera that resulted from the visionary gallerists’ quests.

While Rivera is well known in the United States, Rodríguez Lozano remains unfamiliar to many Americans. Both artists’ work in Mexican Modernism represents a broad range of universal human experiences, from childhood and maternity to performance and community.

Produced from 1926 to 1929, these rarely seen paintings represent a thriving creative period that emerged in Mexico following a violent civil war from 1910 to 1920. The stylistic and thematic innovations represented in the exhibition testify to the cultural and political complexities of the revolutionary era, a context that remains relevant today.

SCHOELKOPF GALLERY

Schoelkopf Gallery has earned a distinguished reputation for its commitment to preserving and promoting American art, spanning from 1875 to the present day. The gallery employs scholarship, market research and narrative context to provide visitors with a deeper understanding of each piece. This approach has not only facilitated newfound appreciation but has also expanded the discourse around American art, forging collaborative relationships with esteemed collectors, museums and artists' estates. Schoelkopf Gallery is a proud member of the Art Dealers Association of America and the Private Art Dealers Association.

The gallery's mission is to educate, engage and lead a dynamic international audience for American art. Through a diverse schedule of programming at its new Tribeca location, online and at art fairs, Schoelkopf Gallery brings the essence of the modernist movement in America to life.