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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Autorretrato, 1934

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Autorretrato, 1934

Sale Date: November 21, 2015

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Paz (cárcel preventiva), 1961

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Paz (cárcel preventiva), 1961

Sale Date: November 21, 2015

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Landscape, 1954

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Landscape, 1954

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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UNTITLED (TAXCO), 1931

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UNTITLED (TAXCO), 1931

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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PROYECTO PARA MURAL: FROM PORFIRIO'S..., 1957–1967

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PROYECTO PARA MURAL: FROM PORFIRIO'S..., 1957–1967

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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Zapata

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Sale Date: November 14, 2015

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Los Payasos, circa 1967, 1967

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Los Payasos, circa 1967, 1967

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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Village Dance, pl. VI, The Mexican Suite, 1968

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Village Dance, pl. VI, The Mexican Suite, 1968

Sale Date: October 5, 2015

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Sin título, de Mountain Suite, 1973

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Sin título, de Mountain Suite, 1973

Sale Date: October 1, 2015

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Madre mexicana, 1969, 1969

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Madre mexicana, 1969, 1969

Sale Date: October 1, 2015

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Autorretrato, 1969, 1969

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Autorretrato, 1969, 1969

Sale Date: October 1, 2015

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De Prison fantasies portfolio I, 1973, 1973

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De Prison fantasies portfolio I, 1973, 1973

Sale Date: October 1, 2015

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Moutain Suite, 1969

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Moutain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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Madre Nina

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Sale Date: September 25, 2015

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Cristo Amputado, 1969

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Cristo Amputado, 1969

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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Porfirio

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Sale Date: August 31, 2015

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Volcan

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Sale Date: August 31, 2015

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El canto general, 1968, 1968

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El canto general, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: August 20, 2015

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Untitled

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Sale Date: July 20, 2015

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Portrait

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Sale Date: July 20, 2015

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Latinoamérica, 1974

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Latinoamérica, 1974

Sale Date: June 29, 2015

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Máscara, de Mountain suite, 1974

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Máscara, de Mountain suite, 1974

Sale Date: June 29, 2015

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Perro o Guardián de la paz, 1974

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Perro o Guardián de la paz, 1974

Sale Date: June 29, 2015

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Sin título, 1974

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Sin título, 1974

Sale Date: June 29, 2015

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