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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Muerte al invasor

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Muerte al invasor

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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Masque, 1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: June 17, 2012

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Una Montaña de oro, 1964

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Una Montaña de oro, 1964

Sale Date: May 24, 2012

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Tempestad (The Storm), 1939

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Tempestad (The Storm), 1939

Sale Date: May 23, 2012

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El Nahuatl

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Sale Date: May 23, 2012

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Paisaje, 1961

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Paisaje, 1961

Sale Date: May 17, 2012

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Sin título (Paisaje)

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Sin título (Paisaje)

Sale Date: May 17, 2012

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Retrato del Lic. Octavio Reyes Spíndola, 1942

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Retrato del Lic. Octavio Reyes Spíndola, 1942

Sale Date: May 17, 2012

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Dos Cabas

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Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Untitled (Couple)

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Untitled (Couple)

Sale Date: May 11, 2012

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Untitled (Boy)

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Untitled (Boy)

Sale Date: May 11, 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: May 1, 2012

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Tehuantepec Bathers, 1930

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Tehuantepec Bathers, 1930

Sale Date: April 19, 2012

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Untitled, 1964

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Untitled, 1964

Sale Date: February 19, 2012

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Mascara (+ Fuga, smllr; 2 works), 1968

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Mascara (+ Fuga, smllr; 2 works), 1968

Sale Date: March 8, 2012

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Prison fantasies I & II (portfolio of 12)

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Prison fantasies I & II (portfolio of 12)

Sale Date: April 1, 2007

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Figure (study)

Studio of David Alfaro Siqueiros

Figure (study)

Sale Date: September 10, 2006

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Death to the invader (study for mural), 1941–1944

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Death to the invader (study for mural), 1941–1944

Sale Date: November 19, 2006

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Death to the invader (study for mural), 1941–1944

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Death to the invader (study for mural), 1941–1944

Sale Date: February 4, 2007

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Boceto para cuauhtemoc redivivo

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Boceto para cuauhtemoc redivivo

Sale Date: November 18, 2007

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Volcán

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Sale Date: January 26, 2012

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Personaje

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: January 26, 2012

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El vuelo

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Sale Date: January 26, 2012

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Mother and child (from Mexican masters)

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Mother and child (from Mexican masters)

Sale Date: December 14, 2008

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