28 de Aug 1990 - 31 de Aug 1990
The exhibition Obras maestras del arte colonial. Exposicion homenaje a Manuel Toussaint (1890-1990) presented a selection of significant examples of colonial painting, sculpture, and silverware, which explored the 16th, 17th,18th and early 19th centuries. At the same time, Obras maestras del arte colonial tried to interpret the patronage of the colonial, ecclesiastical, civilian or military institutions that encouraged diverse modes of representation.
There were paintings that dealt with the Marian and Christological cycles, where the ideology of the Church and its purpose of propagating and forming the dogmas of the Catholic faith were evident. The iconological complexity of the life of the saints, an example and fervor for the society of New Spain was also included in the exhibition.
The official, familiar and funerary portrait account for the variants of the genre and its gradual secularization. The pieces of silverware couldn’t be left aside, in reference to the will of Toussaint to incorporate in their studies the applied arts next to painting, sculpture, and architecture.
Constituted by 65 works of painting, sculpture, and silverware from the 16th century to the 19th century, the pieces belong to private and official collections of the state of Mexico, Puebla, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Michoacán and Mexico City, among other regions of the country. Obras maestras del arte colonial. Exposicion homenaje a Manuel Toussaint (1890-1990) was inaugurated on August 28 at the Museo Nacional de Arte.