Murales de Instituto Guatemalteco de la Seguridad Social (IGSS),
Guatemala City, 1959
Born December 2, 1981, Guatemala City, Guatemala- died December 22, 1984.
From 1910 to 1914 Merida traveled in Europe, he lived in Paris where he became acquainted with Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani. Upon the beginning of World War 1, Carlos Merida returned to Guatemala, where he held his first one man exhibition. After gaining an interest with the social and artistic revolution in Mexico, he went to Mexico City and became involved with the nation's mural painting; there he became Diego Rivera's assistant. After 1927 he took a second trip to Europe, gaining influences from the Cubist and Surrealist Movements.
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