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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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973, 1973

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973, 1973

Sale Date: October 26, 2017

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Niña madre

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: October 26, 2017

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Mujer Bailando, 1966, 1966

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mujer Bailando, 1966, 1966

Sale Date: October 21, 2017

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Mountain Suite, 1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mountain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Mexican Suite, 1968

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Mexican Suite, 1968

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Desnudo, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Desnudo, 1930

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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La Penitenciaria, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

La Penitenciaria, 1930

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Zapata, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: September 15, 2017

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Three Works from De La Carpeta Canto General, 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Three Works from De La Carpeta Canto General, 1968

Sale Date: September 28, 2017

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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973, 1973

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973, 1973

Sale Date: August 24, 2017

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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973, 1973

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1973, 1973

Sale Date: August 24, 2017

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El Centauro de la Conquista, ca. 1945, 1945

David Alfaro Siqueiros

El Centauro de la Conquista, ca. 1945, 1945

Sale Date: August 24, 2017

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I, de la carpeta Canto General, 1960, 1960

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I, de la carpeta Canto General, 1960, 1960

Sale Date: August 24, 2017

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VIII, de la carpeta Canto General, 1960, 1960

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VIII, de la carpeta Canto General, 1960, 1960

Sale Date: August 24, 2017

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Senza titolo

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Sale Date: July 5, 2017

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Emilio Zapata, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Emilio Zapata, 1930

Sale Date: July 5, 2017

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X, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

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X, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: June 22, 2017

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V, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

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V, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: June 22, 2017

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IX, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

IX, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: June 22, 2017

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III, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

III, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: June 22, 2017

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XII, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

XII, de la carpeta Canto general, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: June 22, 2017

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Zapata, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: May 12, 2017

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Retrato del Lic. Octavio Reyes Spíndola, 1942, 1942

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Retrato del Lic. Octavio Reyes Spíndola, 1942, 1942

Sale Date: May 18, 2017

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Figura en blanco y negro o Venus de..., 1963

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Figura en blanco y negro o Venus de..., 1963

Sale Date: May 18, 2017

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