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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Campesinos Mexicanos, 1959

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Campesinos Mexicanos, 1959

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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ExplosiOn en la ciudad, 1935

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ExplosiOn en la ciudad, 1935

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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Peasant, 1930

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Peasant, 1930

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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Estudio de detalle para mi mural de..., 1964

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Estudio de detalle para mi mural de..., 1964

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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Desnudo acostado, 1930

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Desnudo acostado, 1930

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Desnudo sentado, 1930

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Desnudo sentado, 1930

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Dos niños, 1956

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Dos niños, 1956

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Brown dancer, 1960

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Brown dancer, 1960

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Escape, 1968

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Escape, 1968

Sale Date: October 29, 1995

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Fantasy figure

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Fantasy figure

Sale Date: October 29, 1995

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Femme que marche

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Femme que marche

Sale Date: October 29, 1995

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Prison fantasies portfolio I, 1968

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Prison fantasies portfolio I, 1968

Sale Date: October 25, 1995

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Mother and child, 1930

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Mother and child, 1930

Sale Date: October 25, 1995

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Prison fantasies portfolio II, 1973

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Prison fantasies portfolio II, 1973

Sale Date: October 25, 1995

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Untitled, 1970

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Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: October 19, 1995

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Cabeza (retrato de Mois,s S enz), 1930

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Cabeza (retrato de Mois,s S enz), 1930

Sale Date: October 12, 1995

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Seated dancer, 1964

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Seated dancer, 1964

Sale Date: May 25, 1995

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Mother and child, 1930

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Mother and child, 1930

Sale Date: May 21, 1995

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Lucha para las culturas t,cnicas, 1952

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Lucha para las culturas t,cnicas, 1952

Sale Date: May 18, 1995

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Bailador, 1967

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Bailador, 1967

Sale Date: May 18, 1995

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Concreción-unión de varios en uno solo, 1964

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Concreción-unión de varios en uno solo, 1964

Sale Date: May 17, 1995

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Niño sentado, 1931

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Niño sentado, 1931

Sale Date: May 17, 1995

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Arbol, 1963

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Arbol, 1963

Sale Date: May 17, 1995

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Zapatista revolucianario, 1957

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Zapatista revolucianario, 1957

Sale Date: May 16, 1995

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