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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Woman Fleeing

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Woman Fleeing

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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DAVID A. SIQUEIROS SOLDADOS EN MARCHA., 1935–1940

David Alfaro Siqueiros

DAVID A. SIQUEIROS SOLDADOS EN MARCHA., 1935–1940

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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Prison Fantasies 4, 1973

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Prison Fantasies 4, 1973

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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Prison Fantasies 5, 1973

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Prison Fantasies 5, 1973

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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Sin título, 1963

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Sin título, 1963

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Mother and Child, 1970

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Mother and Child, 1970

Sale Date: January 31, 2023

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Prison Fantasies 5, 1973

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Prison Fantasies 5, 1973

Sale Date: January 31, 2023

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Madre mexicana, de la carpeta Mexican Suite, , 1969

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Madre mexicana, de la carpeta Mexican Suite, , 1969

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Sin título, de la serie Prison Fantasy, 1973, 1973

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Sin título, de la serie Prison Fantasy, 1973, 1973

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Mountains

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: December 19, 2022

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VI de la carpeta Canto general, 1968

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VI de la carpeta Canto general, 1968

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Sin título de la suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

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Sin título de la suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Sin título VI de la suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

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Sin título VI de la suite Prison Fantasies..., 1973

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Yulitar, 1931, 1931

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Yulitar, 1931, 1931

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Six Plates, from Prison Fantasies (6 works), , 1973

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Six Plates, from Prison Fantasies (6 works), , 1973

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Viva la vida, 1969

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Viva la vida, 1969

Sale Date: December 14, 2022

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Sin título

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Paisaje, 1959

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Paisaje, 1959

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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La penitencia, 1930

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La penitencia, 1930

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Cristo, from Mexican Suite, 1969

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Cristo, from Mexican Suite, 1969

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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X, from Canto General, 1968

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X, from Canto General, 1968

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Autorretrato, from Mountain Suite, 1969

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Autorretrato, from Mountain Suite, 1969

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Tierra roja, from Mexican Suite, 1969

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Tierra roja, from Mexican Suite, 1969

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Vista Aerea

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: November 15, 2022

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