 The Second National Salon of Painting and Sculpture in 1938 brought to the fore a second generation of modern artists which included Cundo Bermudez, Mario Carreño, Rita Longa, Alfredo Lozano, Luis Martinez-Pedro, and René Portocarrero

By the late 1940s the first generation of vanguard artists had dispersed, pursuing their individual careers.Lam went on to great success, living mainly in Paris after 1952.Arche, Fernandez, and Peña died young; Enriquez and Ponce both achieved some international recognition before dying in middle-age.