


So who are the most famous Mexican artists in history? Let’s find out! The most famous Mexican art movement was Mexican Muralism, a government-sponsored project that aimed to achieve a sense of unity in the country following the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). This went hand in hand with Mexicans establishing a sense of identity following the Mexican War of Independence between 18. Remarkably, it took a while before the influence of Spanish artists on Mexican art diminished and indigenous subjects were integrated. This was mostly religion and intended to decorate the newly constructed churches all over the region.

This radically changed when the Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire and indigenous art was replaced with so-called Colonial art. Most of it was produced in the central and southern parts of modern-day Mexico. Mexican art developed from the initial pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican era and spanned for a period of approximately 3,000 years.
