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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Canto a la alegria, 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Canto a la alegria, 1968

Sale Date: April 5, 2024

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Las piedras.

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Sale Date: March 18, 2024

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I from Canto General., 1968

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I from Canto General., 1968

Sale Date: March 14, 2024

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Self Portrait

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Self Portrait

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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El navegante

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Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Prison Fantasies 7, 1973

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Prison Fantasies 7, 1973

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Two Plates, 1973

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Two Plates, 1973

Sale Date: November 20, 2023

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Fuga, from Mountain Suite, 1969

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Fuga, from Mountain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Poems From the Canto General. New York:..., 1968

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Poems From the Canto General. New York:..., 1968

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Soldier (Militar), 1937

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Soldier (Militar), 1937

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Prison Fantasies: Portfolio II, 1972

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Prison Fantasies: Portfolio II, 1972

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Prison Fantasies: Portfolio I, 1972

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Prison Fantasies: Portfolio I, 1972

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Canto General #2, from the

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Canto General #2, from the "Canto General Series"

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Retrato de Moisés Sáenz, 1930

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Retrato de Moisés Sáenz, 1930

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Fantasía, 1973

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Fantasía, 1973

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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UNTITLED

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Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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PERRO BRAVO, GUARDIÁN DE LA PAZ, 1945, 1945

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PERRO BRAVO, GUARDIÁN DE LA PAZ, 1945, 1945

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Desesperación, 1961

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Desesperación, 1961

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Cara de Niño, 1961

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Cara de Niño, 1961

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Dos Niños., 1956

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Dos Niños., 1956

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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Paisaje Montanas, from Mountain Suite, 1969

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Paisaje Montanas, from Mountain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Mascara, from Mountain Suite, 1969

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Mascara, from Mountain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Fuga, from Mountain Suite, 1969

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Fuga, from Mountain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Cristo Amputado from Mountain Suite, 1968

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Cristo Amputado from Mountain Suite, 1968

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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