Farewell to Sandino

"Farewell to Sandino" is a painting by Nicaraguan artist Armando Morales, created in 1985. The artwork commemorates the precursors of the Nicaraguan Revolution of the 1930s, drawing inspiration from the style of a "sacred conversation of saints." Morales, known for his geometric abstractions in the 1960s and classically inspired images in the 1980s, referenced the political revolution in his homeland that brought the Sandinistas to power in 1979. The painting's figures are de-emphasized through blurring and shading, and the lush tropical forests surrounding them evoke a sense of magic realism, a literary and artistic style prominent in Latin America.1

César Augusto Sandino was a Nicaraguan guerrilla leader and a controversial figure in Central American history. He became a national hero and gave his name to the Sandinistas, a revolutionary group that governed Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990.23