David Alfaro Siqueiros

(Mexican, 1896–1974)

David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican painter best known for his involvement in the Mexican Muralism movement, along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. The artist’s style merged the aesthetics of socialist realism, pre-Columbian art, Cubist handling of forms, and surreal imagery to create compelling and often politically-charged content. For example, in the print Heroic Voice (1971), the artist depicted a statesman surrounded by socialist imagery representative of the struggle of the proletariat. Born on December 29, 1896 in Chihuahua City, Mexico, he studied at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. He later withdrew from the school and joined Venustiano Carranza’s Constitutional Army, which was fighting to take down the military government of Victoriano Huerta. Shortly thereafter, Siqueiros moved to Paris where he met Diego Rivera and came under the influence of artists like Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso. He then returned to Mexico City and worked as a muralist for Álvaro Obregón’s revolutionary government, during which time he joined the Syndicate of Revolutionary Mexican Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers in support of the recent revolution. At the end of his life, Siqueiros participated in the Venice Biennale and painted a number of public murals. The artist died on January 6, 1974 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.

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Volcán fosforescente, de la carpeta Mountain , 1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Volcán fosforescente, de la carpeta Mountain , 1969

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Cabeza, 1924

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Jesusito será un santo, de la carpeta..., 1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Jesusito será un santo, de la carpeta..., 1969

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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973

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Group of 8 color lithographs, 1968

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Group of 8 color lithographs, 1968

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Madre e Hijo, 1968

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Madre e Hijo, 1968

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IX, De la Carpeta Canto General, 1968

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IX, De la Carpeta Canto General, 1968

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De la Conquista, 1945

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De la Conquista, 1945

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Hombre Atado #2, 1945

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Hombre Atado #2, 1945

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Red Flowers

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Sale Date: February 23, 2020

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Untitled (from Prison Fantasies, Portfolio II), 1973

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Untitled (from Prison Fantasies, Portfolio II), 1973

Sale Date: February 16, 2020

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Untitled, 1965

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Untitled, 1965

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II, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968

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II, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968

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Sin título

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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973

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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973

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El vuelo, de la carpeta Mexican Suite,, 1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

El vuelo, de la carpeta Mexican Suite,, 1969

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Máscara, de la carpeta Mountain Suite, 1969

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Máscara, de la carpeta Mountain Suite, 1969

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Guardián de la paz, 1945, 1945

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Guardián de la paz, 1945, 1945

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América Latina (Hombre atado al árbol), 1945, 1945

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América Latina (Hombre atado al árbol), 1945, 1945

Sale Date: January 30, 2020

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Nuestra imagen actual

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Nuestra imagen actual

Sale Date: January 30, 2020

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Ludeta

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Sale Date: January 10, 2020

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VII, de la carpeta Canto General, 1968, 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

VII, de la carpeta Canto General, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: December 5, 2019

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I, de la carpeta Canto General, 1968, 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

I, de la carpeta Canto General, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: December 5, 2019

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