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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De la carpeta poems (from The Canto General de...

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De la carpeta poems (from The Canto General de...

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Paisaje C.P. 1-22, 1964

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Paisaje C.P. 1-22, 1964

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Siqueiros or mountain suite (set of 10,..., 1969

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Siqueiros or mountain suite (set of 10,..., 1969

Sale Date: May 17, 2009

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Desnudo (+ Girl, Tehuantepel bather, Irgr; 2 , 1930

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Desnudo (+ Girl, Tehuantepel bather, Irgr; 2 , 1930

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Prison fantasies (12 works), 1968–1970

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Prison fantasies (12 works), 1968–1970

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Study for the Mural The March of Humanity, 1968

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Study for the Mural The March of Humanity, 1968

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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El ascenso, 1968

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El ascenso, 1968

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Marcha de la humanidad (study), 1968

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Marcha de la humanidad (study), 1968

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Maternidad (study), 1968

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Maternidad (study), 1968

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Untitled-Study for mural

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Untitled-Study for mural

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Figura

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Figura

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Escenografía del Teatro de la Cárcel (study), 1964

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Escenografía del Teatro de la Cárcel (study), 1964

Sale Date: May 27, 2009

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Woman and boy

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Woman and boy

Sale Date: March 21, 2009

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Zapata, 1930

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Zapata, 1930

Sale Date: May 12, 2009

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Zapata, 1930

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Zapata, 1930

Sale Date: April 30, 2009

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Landscape, 1964

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Landscape, 1964

Sale Date: May 4, 2009

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Self-portrait, 1944

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Self-portrait, 1944

Sale Date: December 6, 2008

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Sr. W. Kennedy, 1950

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sr. W. Kennedy, 1950

Sale Date: November 27, 2008

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Biombo (6 works)

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Biombo (6 works)

Sale Date: November 27, 2008

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Bailador, 1967

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Bailador, 1967

Sale Date: May 2, 2004

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Dance macabre, 1964

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Dance macabre, 1964

Sale Date: May 2, 2004

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Sin título, 1963

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sin título, 1963

Sale Date: November 19, 2008

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Piedra volcánica, 1955

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Piedra volcánica, 1955

Sale Date: November 19, 2008

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Cerco de noches, 1964

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Cerco de noches, 1964

Sale Date: November 20, 2008

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