# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlos-santiago-merida
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:48:55.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carlos-santiago-merida"
name: "Carlos Santiago Mérida"
slug: "carlos-santiago-merida"
description: "Carlos Mérida was a Guatemalan artist and naturalized Mexican who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works 4000m2 on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city."
tagline: "Guatemalan artist (1891-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Firma_de_Carlos_M%C3%A9rida..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1891-12-02"
deathDate: "1984-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.83
  momentum:             2.505712109672506
  historical:           7.259112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Мерида, Карлос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "كارلوس سانتياجو ميريدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Карлас Мерыда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_M%C3%A9rida"
    title: "Carlos Mérida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_M%C3%A9rida"
    title: "Carlos Mérida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_M%C3%A9rida"
    title: "Carlos Mérida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_M%C3%A9rida"
    title: "Carlos Mérida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_M%C3%A9rida"
    title: "Carlos Mérida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1043100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump