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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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: May 17, 1989

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Landscape, 1971–1971

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Landscape, 1971–1971

Sale Date: May 16, 1989

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Untitled, 1969–1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Untitled, 1969–1969

Sale Date: November 22, 1988

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Two figures

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Two figures

Sale Date: November 22, 1988

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Sin título, 1947–1947

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Sin título, 1947–1947

Sale Date: November 21, 1988

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Campesinos mexicanos, 1959–1959

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Campesinos mexicanos, 1959–1959

Sale Date: November 21, 1988

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Campesino orando, 1928–1928

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Campesino orando, 1928–1928

Sale Date: November 21, 1988

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Hombre de Oaxaca, 1954–1954

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Hombre de Oaxaca, 1954–1954

Sale Date: November 21, 1988

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Menufar-Meduza gigante, 1964–1964

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Menufar-Meduza gigante, 1964–1964

Sale Date: November 21, 1988

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Women of Lorca, 1938–1938

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Women of Lorca, 1938–1938

Sale Date: November 21, 1988

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Mujeres en un mundo de hambre y terror, 1964–1964

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mujeres en un mundo de hambre y terror, 1964–1964

Sale Date: May 18, 1988

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La marcha de la humanidad, 1959–1959

David Alfaro Siqueiros

La marcha de la humanidad, 1959–1959

Sale Date: May 18, 1988

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Retrato estructural 'Los dos Davides', 1963–1963

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Retrato estructural 'Los dos Davides', 1963–1963

Sale Date: May 18, 1988

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Paisaje, 1961–1961

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Paisaje, 1961–1961

Sale Date: May 18, 1988

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The embrace, 1969

David Alfaro Siqueiros

The embrace, 1969

Sale Date: May 18, 1988

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Bailarina, 1960–1960

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Bailarina, 1960–1960

Sale Date: May 18, 1988

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Grandmother and everything else, 1962

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Grandmother and everything else, 1962

Sale Date: November 18, 1987

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Untitled, 1949

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Untitled, 1949

Sale Date: November 18, 1987

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Portrait of a little boy, 1930

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Portrait of a little boy, 1930

Sale Date: November 18, 1987

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Portrait of a woman, 1957

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Portrait of a woman, 1957

Sale Date: November 18, 1987

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Ritmos de danza, 1973–1973

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Ritmos de danza, 1973–1973

Sale Date: May 19, 1987

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Paisaje montañoso

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Paisaje montañoso

Sale Date: May 19, 1987

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Fire and light against darkness, 1966–1966

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Fire and light against darkness, 1966–1966

Sale Date: May 19, 1987

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Landscape, 1954–1954

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Landscape, 1954–1954

Sale Date: May 19, 1987

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