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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Untitled (Two figures in the mountains), 1950

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Untitled (Two figures in the mountains), 1950

Sale Date: November 19, 2009

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Mountain spirits, 1954

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Mountain spirits, 1954

Sale Date: January 28, 2010

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Untitled (Study for mural), 1968

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Untitled (Study for mural), 1968

Sale Date: March 16, 2011

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Danzantes, 1968

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Danzantes, 1968

Sale Date: March 17, 2011

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Desnudo, 1930

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Desnudo, 1930

Sale Date: March 17, 2011

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Muerte al invasor, 1946

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Muerte al invasor, 1946

Sale Date: March 17, 2011

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Perro, 1945

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Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Composición, 1965

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Composición, 1965

Sale Date: November 27, 1996

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1 (estudio), 1970

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1 (estudio), 1970

Sale Date: November 27, 1996

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Urbanismo

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Sale Date: November 27, 1996

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Mujer en Angustia, 1950

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Mujer en Angustia, 1950

Sale Date: November 27, 1996

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Danzantes en la montaña, 1969

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Danzantes en la montaña, 1969

Sale Date: January 27, 2011

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La fuga, 1969

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La fuga, 1969

Sale Date: January 27, 2011

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Niña madre, 1956

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Niña madre, 1956

Sale Date: January 27, 2011

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Autorretrato

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Sale Date: January 27, 2011

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Jesusito será un santo, 1930–1940

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Jesusito será un santo, 1930–1940

Sale Date: January 27, 2011

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Man carrying a chicken

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Man carrying a chicken

Sale Date: December 5, 2010

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Head (study), 1964

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Head (study), 1964

Sale Date: December 5, 2010

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Phosphoric landscape (+ Mountain landscape;..., 1969

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Phosphoric landscape (+ Mountain landscape;..., 1969

Sale Date: September 25, 2010

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Materindad, 1969

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Materindad, 1969

Sale Date: September 25, 2010

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Masque, 1969

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Sale Date: September 25, 2010

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Huyendo del terror (Woman in jail), 1969

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Huyendo del terror (Woman in jail), 1969

Sale Date: September 25, 2010

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Figuras, 1970

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Figuras, 1970

Sale Date: November 17, 2010

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Cabeza (Retrato), 1931

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Cabeza (Retrato), 1931

Sale Date: November 25, 2010

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