Tortilla Maker

Jean Charlot was an American painter and printmaker known for murals and works on paper that synthesized modernist abstraction with figurative narratives rooted in Mexican and pre-Columbian imagery. Born in Paris in 1898 and active primarily in Mexico and the United States, he developed a distinctive approach to fresco and lithography that combined bold linear forms with layered symbolic content. His practice bridged the Mexican muralist tradition and European modernism, establishing him as a significant cross-cultural figure in twentieth-century visual culture.

Paris, France