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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Las conejas, 1962

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Las conejas, 1962

Sale Date: November 21, 2012

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Don Filo, 1964

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Don Filo, 1964

Sale Date: November 21, 2012

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Zapata, 1930

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Zapata, 1930

Sale Date: November 4, 2012

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Portrait of a Woman, 1956

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Portrait of a Woman, 1956

Sale Date: October 25, 2012

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Mexico, 1947

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Mexico, 1947

Sale Date: October 10, 2012

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Untiled (recto), Prepatory study (verso), 1968

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Untiled (recto), Prepatory study (verso), 1968

Sale Date: October 15, 2012

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El Canto General: El Sol en Machu Picchu, 1968

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El Canto General: El Sol en Machu Picchu, 1968

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies...

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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies...

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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Paisaje Montanas (from Mountain Suite), 1969

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Paisaje Montanas (from Mountain Suite), 1969

Sale Date: October 7, 2012

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Mujer en la cárcel; Sin título (from..., 1968–1970

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Mujer en la cárcel; Sin título (from..., 1968–1970

Sale Date: September 23, 2012

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The Colonel

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The Colonel

Sale Date: September 25, 2012

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Still Life, 1969

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Still Life, 1969

Sale Date: September 25, 2012

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Reclining Woman; Maternity (2 works) (from..., 1973

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Reclining Woman; Maternity (2 works) (from..., 1973

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Mother and Child; Self-Portrait (2 works), 1968

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Mother and Child; Self-Portrait (2 works), 1968

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies...

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Sin título, de la suite Prison Fantasies...

Sale Date: September 6, 2012

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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: September 6, 2012

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El Canto General II, 1968

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El Canto General II, 1968

Sale Date: September 6, 2012

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El centauro de la Conquista

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El centauro de la Conquista

Sale Date: September 6, 2012

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Vista aérea, 1968

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Vista aérea, 1968

Sale Date: August 9, 2012

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El canto general I, 1968

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El canto general I, 1968

Sale Date: August 9, 2012

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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: July 8, 2012

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Mountain Dance, 1969

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Mountain Dance, 1969

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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Mujer en la cárcel (from Prison..., 1968–1970

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Mujer en la cárcel (from Prison..., 1968–1970

Sale Date: June 24, 2012

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Desnudo, 1930

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Desnudo, 1930

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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