Irma G. Blanco is considered one of the Great Masters of Mexican Popular Art. Her works are among the finest being made in Mexico today. Irma is the daughter of renowned Mexican artist Teodora Blanco (her work was actively collected by Nelson D. Rockefeller). Irma is a master artist in her own right and her work is illustrated in the exemplary book "Great Masters of Mexican Popular Art" (Banamex Collection Fomento Cultural). The art that comprises the extraordinary Banamex book is being exhibited throughout the world and was shown in New York City at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), in March 2003.