ArtistsLuis Martínez Pedro
Luis Martínez Pedro

Luis Martínez Pedro

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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959–1960
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
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Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949–1950
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Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1947
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The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943
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Luis Martínez Pedro was a Cuban painter and muralist whose geometric abstractions emerged from the postwar avant-garde in Havana. Working primarily in oil and acrylic, his compositions synthesized Constructivism and European modernism with a distinctly Caribbean sensibility, often layering bold primary colors and dynamic angular forms. Active from the 1940s onward, he contributed significantly to the development of abstract art in Cuba during a period when the island's artistic identity was rapidly evolving.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago

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