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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Prison fantasy series, no.2, 1968

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Prison fantasy series, no.2, 1968

Sale Date: May 22, 2011

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Prison fantasy series, no.1

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Prison fantasy series, no.1

Sale Date: May 22, 2011

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Sin título, 1963

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Sin título, 1963

Sale Date: May 25, 2011

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Boceto para mural, 1973

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Boceto para mural, 1973

Sale Date: May 25, 2011

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Árbol, 1967

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Sale Date: May 25, 2011

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Mujer sentada, 1931

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Mujer sentada, 1931

Sale Date: May 25, 2011

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Mujer llorando, 1944

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Mujer llorando, 1944

Sale Date: May 26, 2011

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El guardián de la paz

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El guardián de la paz

Sale Date: May 16, 2011

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Madre Nina, 1956

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Madre Nina, 1956

Sale Date: April 20, 2011

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Untitled (Boy)

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Untitled (Boy)

Sale Date: May 9, 2011

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Untitled (Couple)

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Untitled (Couple)

Sale Date: May 9, 2011

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Vista aérea

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Sale Date: April 17, 2011

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El canto general II

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El canto general II

Sale Date: March 31, 2011

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El canto general I

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El canto general I

Sale Date: March 31, 2011

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Zapata, 1913

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Sale Date: March 19, 2011

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Espiritus de la montaña

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Espiritus de la montaña

Sale Date: March 16, 2011

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General 10, 1968

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General 10, 1968

Sale Date: January 13, 2009

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General 1, 1968

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General 1, 1968

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Untitled from the Prison portfolio, 1965

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Untitled from the Prison portfolio, 1965

Sale Date: January 13, 2009

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Untitled from the prison portfolio, 1965

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Untitled from the prison portfolio, 1965

Sale Date: February 16, 2009

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Corrado, 1965

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Corrado, 1965

Sale Date: March 26, 2009

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General - 2, 1968

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General - 2, 1968

Sale Date: March 26, 2009

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General - 10, 1968

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General - 10, 1968

Sale Date: March 26, 2009

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General - 1, 1968

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Pablo Neruda, poems from Canto General - 1, 1968

Sale Date: May 28, 2009

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