José Luis Cuevas

(Mexican, 1933–2017)

José Luis Cuevas was a Mexican artist affiliated with the post-World War II movement the Generación de la Ruptura, or Breakaway Generation. Believing that Mexican art had become too mainstream and diluted, Cuevas and the other members of the Generación opposed Mexican muralists such as Diego Rivera, José Clement Orozco, and David Alfaro Sisquieros, who they saw as inhibiting artistic development and being overly deferential to the Mexican government. Born on February 26, 1934 in Mexico City, Mexico, Cuevas went on study at the National School of Painting and Sculpture at the age of 10. Over time, he developed a unique aesthetic of paintings and sculptures depicting disfigured or disproportioned figures and portraits. Cuevas represented Mexico in the 1982 Venice Biennale, and created a museum to himself in an old monastery which opened in 1992. The museum and Cuevas himself are both controversial, with the glorification of Cuevas’ life and sexual prowess as a main topic of his museum. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. The artist died on July 3, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.

José Luis Cuevas Artworks

José Luis Cuevas (1,282 results)

Coloso, 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: January 28, 2010

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Coloso (from Olympic memories), 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Coloso (from Olympic memories), 1988

Sale Date: March 25, 2010

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Coloso from the Olympic memories portfolio, 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Coloso from the Olympic memories portfolio, 1988

Sale Date: May 26, 2010

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Justine y el marquez de Sade from the..., 1989

José Luis Cuevas

Justine y el marquez de Sade from the..., 1989

Sale Date: May 26, 2010

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Letter to dr. laforet, 1965

José Luis Cuevas

Letter to dr. laforet, 1965

Sale Date: May 26, 2010

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Hechizera Antigua from the homage to Quevedo , 1969

José Luis Cuevas

Hechizera Antigua from the homage to Quevedo , 1969

Sale Date: May 26, 2010

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La mascara from the homage to Quevedo..., 1969

José Luis Cuevas

La mascara from the homage to Quevedo..., 1969

Sale Date: May 26, 2010

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Borgia, 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: May 26, 2010

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Coloso (from Olympic memories), 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Coloso (from Olympic memories), 1988

Sale Date: August 11, 2010

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Untitled (Portrait), 1965

José Luis Cuevas

Untitled (Portrait), 1965

Sale Date: August 25, 2010

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Hechizera Antigua (from Homage to Quevedo), 1969

José Luis Cuevas

Hechizera Antigua (from Homage to Quevedo), 1969

Sale Date: September 23, 2010

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Denizens of the underworld from the crime..., 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Denizens of the underworld from the crime..., 1968

Sale Date: September 23, 2010

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MacBeth, 1989

José Luis Cuevas

MacBeth, 1989

Sale Date: September 23, 2010

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Dos litografias en una, 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Dos litografias en una, 1968

Sale Date: October 21, 2010

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La rue des Mauvais garcons, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

La rue des Mauvais garcons, 1973

Sale Date: October 21, 2010

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Violencia en la Calle, 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Violencia en la Calle, 1968

Sale Date: October 21, 2010

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Marquez de Sade from the intolerance portfolio, 1989

José Luis Cuevas

Marquez de Sade from the intolerance portfolio, 1989

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Justine y el marquez de Sade from the..., 1989

José Luis Cuevas

Justine y el marquez de Sade from the..., 1989

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Portrait, 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Portrait, 1988

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Coloso from the Olympic memories portfolio, 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Coloso from the Olympic memories portfolio, 1988

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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La rue des Mauvais garcons, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

La rue des Mauvais garcons, 1973

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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La mascara from the homage to Quevedo..., 1969

José Luis Cuevas

La mascara from the homage to Quevedo..., 1969

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Hechizera Antigua from the homage to Quevedo , 1969

José Luis Cuevas

Hechizera Antigua from the homage to Quevedo , 1969

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Violencia en la Calle, 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Violencia en la Calle, 1968

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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