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

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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 20, 2014

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El Siniestro, 1968

José Luis Cuevas

El Siniestro, 1968

Sale Date: November 20, 2014

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Las Flores del Mal (After Baudelaire), 1958

José Luis Cuevas

Las Flores del Mal (After Baudelaire), 1958

Sale Date: November 15, 2014

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Personnages, (set of 5 sketches and texts in , 1980

José Luis Cuevas

Personnages, (set of 5 sketches and texts in , 1980

Sale Date: October 8, 2014

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Recuerdos de infancia, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

Recuerdos de infancia, 1973

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Picasso bailando

José Luis Cuevas

Picasso bailando

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Sin título

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Mireya y yo en mi estudio de la calle de..., 1962

José Luis Cuevas

Mireya y yo en mi estudio de la calle de..., 1962

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Brujería

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Pupilas de la casa de rebeca

José Luis Cuevas

Pupilas de la casa de rebeca

Sale Date: September 17, 2014

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Coloso from the Olympic Memories Portfolio, 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Coloso from the Olympic Memories Portfolio, 1988

Sale Date: September 25, 2014

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Two Figures, 1965

José Luis Cuevas

Two Figures, 1965

Sale Date: September 7, 2014

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Untitled (set of 14), 1987

José Luis Cuevas

Untitled (set of 14), 1987

Sale Date: September 18, 2014

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Sin título

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: August 21, 2014

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Sin título, 1987

José Luis Cuevas

Sin título, 1987

Sale Date: August 21, 2014

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Acapulco, 1995

José Luis Cuevas

Acapulco, 1995

Sale Date: August 21, 2014

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Political Demagogy III, 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Political Demagogy III, 1968

Sale Date: August 20, 2014

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MacBeth, 1989

José Luis Cuevas

MacBeth, 1989

Sale Date: August 20, 2014

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La comida de goya, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

La comida de goya, 1973

Sale Date: July 24, 2014

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Autorretrato con Veinte Modelos, 1978

José Luis Cuevas

Autorretrato con Veinte Modelos, 1978

Sale Date: July 24, 2014

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To Harry Langdon (from the Homage to Quevedo , 1969

José Luis Cuevas

To Harry Langdon (from the Homage to Quevedo , 1969

Sale Date: July 17, 2014

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Pareja, 1977

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: July 3, 2014

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Sin título, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

Sin título, 1973

Sale Date: July 3, 2014

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Tiras Cómicas, 2001

José Luis Cuevas

Tiras Cómicas, 2001

Sale Date: June 12, 2014

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