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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El canto general II, 1968

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El canto general II, 1968

Sale Date: June 29, 2015

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Sin título, de Mountain Suite, 1974

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Sin título, de Mountain Suite, 1974

Sale Date: June 29, 2015

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Portrait

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Portrait

Sale Date: June 15, 2015

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Untitled

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Untitled

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Paisaje Volcanique, 1964

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Paisaje Volcanique, 1964

Sale Date: May 31, 2015

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The Dancers

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The Dancers

Sale Date: June 1, 2015

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Portrait

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Portrait

Sale Date: May 14, 2015

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Study for the mural Patricios y Patricidas..., 1950

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Study for the mural Patricios y Patricidas..., 1950

Sale Date: May 28, 2015

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Untitled, 1964

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Untitled, 1964

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Untitled, 1968

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Untitled, 1968

Sale Date: May 28, 2015

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Allegory with María Ilaraz Miranda de Terra, 1933

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Allegory with María Ilaraz Miranda de Terra, 1933

Sale Date: May 27, 2015

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Landscape in Blue, 1969

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Landscape in Blue, 1969

Sale Date: May 27, 2015

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Paisaje, 1961

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Paisaje, 1961

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Escenografía para la obra

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Escenografía para la obra "Licenciado no te..., 1960

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Estudio de detalle para mi mural de..., 1963

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Estudio de detalle para mi mural de..., 1963

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Explosión en la ciudad, 1935

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Explosión en la ciudad, 1935

Sale Date: May 26, 2015

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Madre e hijo (from Mexican Suite)

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Madre e hijo (from Mexican Suite)

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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The Mexican Suite (set of 10), 1968

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The Mexican Suite (set of 10), 1968

Sale Date: April 21, 2015

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Fuga, pl. VI; Autorretrato, pl. X, from..., 1969

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Fuga, pl. VI; Autorretrato, pl. X, from..., 1969

Sale Date: April 12, 2015

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Esculto-pintura, 1967

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Esculto-pintura, 1967

Sale Date: April 12, 2015

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Self Portrait, 1970

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Self Portrait, 1970

Sale Date: February 28, 2015

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Siqueiros (set of 5), 1969

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Siqueiros (set of 5), 1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2015

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Mujeres del mes gandul

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Mujeres del mes gandul

Sale Date: February 22, 2015

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El Canto General III, 1968, 1968

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El Canto General III, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: January 22, 2015

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