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Mario Urteaga

Mario Urteaga

Artist
WA-00029855
PaintingExpressionismStreet Art
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
1
Works in Collection
5
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Naive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
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Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

Mario Urteaga was a Peruvian painter and muralist who depicted Andean rural life and indigenous communities with meticulous attention to costume, gesture, and landscape. Working primarily in oil on canvas during the early twentieth century, he rendered ethnographic detail without sentimentality, treating his subjects as integral to the visual and social fabric of the Andes. His work participated in a broader generational turn toward indigenous subject matter among Peruvian artists, anchoring modernist formal concerns to the specificity of regional life and material culture.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement
Expressionism
Medium
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Artworks (1)

Artwork sources (1)

1 published of 2 catalogued · 2 with image
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Images

Landscape Against the Light (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Landscape Against the Light (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

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Movements2
ExpressionismStreet Art
Collections1
Museum of Modern Art
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionNaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection
New York · 1972
Group ExhibitionXXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
New York · 1954
Group ExhibitionSummer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
New York · 1953
Group ExhibitionThe Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
New York · 1943