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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Niña, 1963

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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Flores de arbol, 1963

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Flores de arbol, 1963

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Retrato de Blanca Luz (Portrait of the..., 1931

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Retrato de Blanca Luz (Portrait of the..., 1931

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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El niño

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: September 15, 2005

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Mother and child, 1970

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mother and child, 1970

Sale Date: September 15, 2005

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Lucha

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: March 15, 2005

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Mask (from Mountain), 1960

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mask (from Mountain), 1960

Sale Date: May 20, 2005

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Dimensiones transversales para murales, 1965

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Dimensiones transversales para murales, 1965

Sale Date: May 25, 2005

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Paisaje, 1963

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Paisaje, 1963

Sale Date: May 25, 2005

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Sin título, 1962

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Sin título, 1962

Sale Date: May 25, 2005

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Madre Niña, 1956

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Madre Niña, 1956

Sale Date: May 4, 2005

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Desnudo, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Desnudo, 1930

Sale Date: May 4, 2005

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Zapata, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: October 16, 2003

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Mask

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: October 16, 2003

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Desnudo sentado, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Desnudo sentado, 1930

Sale Date: October 23, 2004

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Arbol

School of David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: May 14, 2004

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Hombre, 1935

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Sale Date: May 14, 2004

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Los amantes

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: June 25, 2004

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Zapata

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: June 25, 2004

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Retrato de Moisés Sáenz, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Retrato de Moisés Sáenz, 1930

Sale Date: September 24, 2004

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El guardián de la paz

David Alfaro Siqueiros

El guardián de la paz

Sale Date: September 24, 2004

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Taxco (13 works w/preface by William Spratling)

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Taxco (13 works w/preface by William Spratling)

Sale Date: September 24, 2004

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Maternidad

Studio of David Alfaro Siqueiros

Sale Date: November 11, 2004

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El volcan, 1966

David Alfaro Siqueiros

El volcan, 1966

Sale Date: December 1, 2004

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