Roberto Berdecio
- Introduction
- Roberto Berdecio (1910–1996) was a Bolivian-born artist. A significant contributor to the important political and cultural art movement in Mexico during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Sucre, Bolivia. Berdecio worked in New York City in the 1930s with David Alfaro Siqueiros, then moved to Mexico in the late 1940s where he continued his career in art. He painted murals and portraits, created lithographs and artistic explorations into the fourth dimension.In 1980, he met Susan Ribnick in Cuernavaca, Mexico.They moved to the US, traveled to Europe and South America annually where the artist's politically prominent brother, Mario Mercado resided in La Paz.Susan and Roberto were in a relationship for 15 years. They collaborated on many projects including the mural restoration (1990) of The Padre Hidalgo mural painted originally with Juan O 'Gorman in at the CIESS campus in Mexico City. Berdecio's personal archives that outlined his collaboration with David Alfaro Siquieros in New York and in Mexico was purchased by the Getty Museum in 1995. He died in La Paz, Bolivia.
- Wikidata
- Q7351596
- Nationality
- Bolivian
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Painter
- Name
- Roberto Berdecio
- Ulan
- 500122205
Exhibitions
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MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
March 4–
July 25, 2004 MoMA
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Latin-American Art, 1931–1966, from the Museum Collection
March 17–
June 4, 1967 MoMA
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
October 19, 1954–
February 6, 1955 MoMA
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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
June 20, 1945–
February 13, 1946 MoMA
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The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
March 31–
June 6, 1943 MoMA
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New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
March 10–
May 3, 1941 MoMA
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