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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David Alfaro Siqueiros Artworks

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Niña madre

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Maternidad

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Madre mexicana, 1973

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Madre mexicana, 1973

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Bañista de Tehuantepec

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Bañista de Tehuantepec

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Desnudo acostado, 1930

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Desnudo acostado, 1930

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Prison Fantasies, Portfolio I and II (12..., 1973

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Prison Fantasies, Portfolio I and II (12..., 1973

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Self Portrait, from Portfolio of Ten..., 1968

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Self Portrait, from Portfolio of Ten..., 1968

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The Mexican Suite, 1968

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The Mexican Suite, 1968

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12/20 PRINT

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Sale Date: August 24, 2019

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Sin título

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Untitled, 1930

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Untitled, 1930

Sale Date: July 28, 2019

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Untitled (Projecto de mural), 1968

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Untitled (Projecto de mural), 1968

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Paysage, 1960

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Paysage, 1960

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El amante, 1970

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El amante, 1970

Sale Date: June 20, 2019

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Cristo amputado, de la carpeta Mountain Suite, 1969

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Cristo amputado, de la carpeta Mountain Suite, 1969

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Sin título, de Prison Fantasies Suite, 1968

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Sin título, de Prison Fantasies Suite, 1968

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Prison Fantasies, 1973

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Prison Fantasies, 1973

Sale Date: May 25, 2019

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Mountain, 1969

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Mountain, 1969

Sale Date: May 25, 2019

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Paisaje Explosivo, De La Carpeta (Mountain..., 1969

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Paisaje Explosivo, De La Carpeta (Mountain..., 1969

Sale Date: May 19, 2019

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CONQUISTADOR, 1954

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CONQUISTADOR, 1954

Sale Date: May 15, 2019

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Three works: Dos Niños, 1956

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Three works: Dos Niños, 1956

Sale Date: May 4, 2019

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Nuestra Imagen Actual, 1945

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Nuestra Imagen Actual, 1945

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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Mountain Suite, 1969

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Mountain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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Moisés Sáenz, 1930

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Moisés Sáenz, 1930

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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