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 centauro de la conquista, 1945

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El centauro de la conquista, 1945

Sale Date: February 9, 2012

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Desnudo, 1961

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Desnudo, 1961

Sale Date: February 9, 2012

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Bailarina, 1970

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Bailarina, 1970

Sale Date: February 9, 2012

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Bilbao and Galvarino (study for a mural), 1946–1950

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Bilbao and Galvarino (study for a mural), 1946–1950

Sale Date: March 21, 2011

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Figura, 1956

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Figura, 1956

Sale Date: February 16, 2011

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Canto general - number 7 (from the Pablo..., 1968

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Canto general - number 7 (from the Pablo..., 1968

Sale Date: December 3, 2011

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Canto general - number 5 (from the Pablo..., 1968

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Canto general - number 5 (from the Pablo..., 1968

Sale Date: December 3, 2011

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Christ portrait, 1968

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Christ portrait, 1968

Sale Date: December 3, 2011

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Incendio al atardecer (Fire at dusk), 1957

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Incendio al atardecer (Fire at dusk), 1957

Sale Date: November 16, 2011

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Campesino y esclavo, 1930

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Campesino y esclavo, 1930

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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Ramo de flores, 1960

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Ramo de flores, 1960

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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Paisaje, 1964

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Paisaje, 1964

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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Autorretrato inconcluso, 1921

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Autorretrato inconcluso, 1921

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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Mexico, 1947

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Mexico, 1947

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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Prison fantasies (set of 6), 1968

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Prison fantasies (set of 6), 1968

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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Jesusito will be a saint, 1968

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Jesusito will be a saint, 1968

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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Madre Nina, 1956

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Madre Nina, 1956

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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Zapata, 1930

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Zapata, 1930

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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Slave, 1945

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Slave, 1945

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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El guardian de la paz, 1945–1947

David Alfaro Siqueiros

El guardian de la paz, 1945–1947

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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Cartel de Siquieros con poema de Pablo Neruda

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Cartel de Siquieros con poema de Pablo Neruda

Sale Date: October 20, 2011

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Nostalgia for liberty, 1966

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Nostalgia for liberty, 1966

Sale Date: November 7, 2011

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Zapata, 1930

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Zapata, 1930

Sale Date: October 25, 2011

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Reposo (from Mexican suite)

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Reposo (from Mexican suite)

Sale Date: October 13, 2011

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