https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2019/06/flores-mexicanas/ The Premier Magazine for Informed Collectors of Fine Art Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:50:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2019/06/flores-mexicanas/#comment-21264 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:50:45 +0000 https://fineartconnois.wpengine.com/?p=10173#comment-21264 […] “Flores Mexicanas” is the name of a monumental painting depicting four young women in an idyllic landscape. Although it was kept in storage for more than 80 years at the Missouri Historical Society, the piece was recently unearthed and conserved. But how did it get there? In 1929, the then president of Mexico gave the 9-by-12-foot work of art to aviators Charles and Anne Lindbergh as a wedding present. Anne was the daughter of the American ambassador to Mexico, Dwight Morrow. […]

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