Alexander Canedo ... Alexander Canedo (1902-1978) was a Mexican-American artist primarily influenced by the 1920s. The 1920s and 1930s saw continued development and evolution of the key innovations of the primary years of the twentieth century. To have this time as the formative period for an artist was to be surrounded by inspiring practitioners of the pictorial arts. It was also a time of recovery and introspection after the hor-rors of the First World War, which saw significant shifts in the political world. Marxism was a prevalent political ideology which was also tremendously influential amongst artists and their communities. Im-portant artistic developments included a kind of expressive mannerism which was epitomised by Brancu-si, Modigliani and Soutine in Paris.