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: March 14, 2013

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El Canto General

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El Canto General

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Zapata, 1930

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Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Portrait of a Woman, 1956

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Portrait of a Woman, 1956

Sale Date: February 23, 2013

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Viva la Vida, 1969

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Viva la Vida, 1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2013

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Study of Mural at the Cuidad Universitari,...

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Study of Mural at the Cuidad Universitari,...

Sale Date: February 12, 2013

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Canto General (from the Pablo Neruda series) , 1968

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Canto General (from the Pablo Neruda series) , 1968

Sale Date: February 24, 2013

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Madre e hijo, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1968

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Madre e hijo, de la suite Prison Fantasies, 1968

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Niña madre, 1930–1940

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Niña madre, 1930–1940

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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El Canto General IV

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El Canto General IV

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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El Canto General V

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El Canto General V

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Prison Fantasy Series #1, 1973

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Prison Fantasy Series #1, 1973

Sale Date: December 9, 2012

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Strong Woman, 1949

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Strong Woman, 1949

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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Hands (study), 1957

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Hands (study), 1957

Sale Date: November 20, 2012

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El Señor del veneno, 1918

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El Señor del veneno, 1918

Sale Date: November 19, 2012

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Prison fantasy series #1, 1973

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Prison fantasy series #1, 1973

Sale Date: November 11, 2012

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Árbol de la caridad, 1963

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Árbol de la caridad, 1963

Sale Date: November 12, 2012

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Sin título

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Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Nota directa de paisaje, 1947

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Nota directa de paisaje, 1947

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Desnudo, 1930

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Desnudo, 1930

Sale Date: November 5, 2012

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Personaje

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Sale Date: October 26, 2012

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Sin título

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Sale Date: October 26, 2012

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El vuelo

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Sale Date: October 26, 2012

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El vuelo

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Sale Date: October 26, 2012

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