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)

MacBeth, 1989

José Luis Cuevas

MacBeth, 1989

Sale Date: November 27, 2020

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Illustracion de un Cuento de Claris Lispector

José Luis Cuevas

Illustracion de un Cuento de Claris Lispector

Sale Date: December 1, 2020

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El Ahorcado, 1960

José Luis Cuevas

El Ahorcado, 1960

Sale Date: December 1, 2020

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Los Hambrientos, 1986, 1986

José Luis Cuevas

Los Hambrientos, 1986, 1986

Sale Date: November 12, 2020

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El sueño, 2003

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El sueño, 2003

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Rimbaud, 1966

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Rimbaud, 1966

Sale Date: October 8, 2020

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Sin título

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Sin título, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

Sin título, 1973

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Sin título

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a) Probando papeles # 4, Autorretrato con..., 1981

José Luis Cuevas

a) Probando papeles # 4, Autorretrato con..., 1981

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Probando papel # 17, Autorretrato con vieja, 1981

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Probando papel # 17, Autorretrato con vieja, 1981

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Probando papel # 7, 1981

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Probando papel # 7, 1981

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Pagina De Estudios (Sketches Page), 1965

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Pagina De Estudios (Sketches Page), 1965

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Double Self Portrait in Charenton, 1965

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Double Self Portrait in Charenton, 1965

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Worm Pit #2, 1965

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Worm Pit #2, 1965

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Retrato de Julieta, 1954

José Luis Cuevas

Retrato de Julieta, 1954

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Funerale de un Dictador, 1960

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Funerale de un Dictador, 1960

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Visons in Charenton, 1965

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Visons in Charenton, 1965

Sale Date: August 16, 2020

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a) Autorretrato moviendo la mano; b) Sin título...

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a) Autorretrato moviendo la mano; b) Sin título...

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Coloso, from Official Arts Portfolio of , 1988–1989

José Luis Cuevas

Coloso, from Official Arts Portfolio of , 1988–1989

Sale Date: June 17, 2020

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Untitled, 1969

José Luis Cuevas

Untitled, 1969

Sale Date: June 10, 2020

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Crime by Cuevas,(A portfolio of twelve..., 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Crime by Cuevas,(A portfolio of twelve..., 1968

Sale Date: June 9, 2020

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Marquis de Sade, Niño, 1964

José Luis Cuevas

Marquis de Sade, Niño, 1964

Sale Date: June 9, 2020

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La Pintora, 1959

José Luis Cuevas

La Pintora, 1959

Sale Date: June 9, 2020

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