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    A Wedding Gift For Charles Lindbergh Goes Up On The Wall, At Last

    In 1929, the President of Mexico gave the aviator a painting by Mexican artist Alfredo Ramos Martínez. Flores Mexicanas sat in storage at the Missouri Historical Society until 2014.
    by Susan Stamberg Jul 23, 2020 3 minutes
    Alfredo Ramos Martínez was regarded as a Father of Mexican Modernism, but his name is not widely known in the U.S. Above is <em>Flores Mexicanas, </em>a painting he worked on for 15 years.

    I'm a little uncomfortable about this essay. Texas is surging with COVID-19, and I'm transfixed by a painting at the Dallas Museum of Art. But if, like me, you crave something beautiful right now, then perhaps this will help.

    It's a painting wrapped in politics, romance and mystery. The Dallas Museum of Art (closed now, but with online offerings that exhibit its treasures) is making this picture the centerpiece of a show called "Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican

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