Salon de la Plástica Mexicana

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The Salón de la Plástica Mexicana (SPM) is an art museum for fine arts and was opened on November 16, 1949 by well-known artists in Mexico City . Today there are two locations, one on Calle de Colima in Colonia Roma and one in Donceles in Centro Histórico , both in the Delegación Cuauhtémoc of the capital. The museum is an independent institution, but is administratively supported by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA).

Angelina Beloff is often named as the main founder , the initial idea apparently dates back to 1947 by Fernando Gamboa and Carlos Chávez . Today over 200 artists are members of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. The founding members were part of Ignacio Aguirre , Luis Arenal , Celia Calderon , Jose Chavez Morado , Lola Cueto , Francisco Dosamantes , Jorge González Camarena , Frida Kahlo , Leopoldo Méndez , Gustavo Montoya Nefero , Pablo O'Higgins , Feliciano Peña , Jesús Reyes Ferreira , Antonio M. Ruíz , Cordelia Urueta , Alfredo Zalce , David Alfaro Siqueiros , Dr. Atl , Alberto Beltrán , Federico Cantú Garza , Erasto Cortés Juárez , Germán Cueto , Jesús Escobedo , Jesús Guerrero Galván , Agustín Lazo , Carlos Mérida , Francisco Mora , Luis Nishizawa , Carlos Orozco Romero , Fanny Rabel , Manuel Rodríguez Lozano , Juan Soriano , Héctor Xavier , Raúl Anguiano , Abelardo Dávila , Ángel Bracho , Fernando Castro Pacheco , Olga Costa , Gonzalo de la Paz Pérez , Arturo García Bustos , Xavier Guerrero , Amador Lugo , Guillermo Meza , Nicolás Moreno , Juan O'Gorman , Luis Ortiz Monasterio , Everado Ramírez , Diego Rivera , Rufino Tamayo and Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin .

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