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)

Hombre vestidors mujer, 1978

José Luis Cuevas

Hombre vestidors mujer, 1978

Sale Date: September 21, 2008

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Seated figure, 1964

José Luis Cuevas

Seated figure, 1964

Sale Date: December 14, 2008

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Tower of Babel, 1972

José Luis Cuevas

Tower of Babel, 1972

Sale Date: December 4, 2011

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La maga, 1972

José Luis Cuevas

La maga, 1972

Sale Date: December 14, 2011

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Autorretrato, 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Autorretrato, 1988

Sale Date: December 14, 2011

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Hechizera Antigua (from Homage to Quevedo), 1969

José Luis Cuevas

Hechizera Antigua (from Homage to Quevedo), 1969

Sale Date: December 14, 2011

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Denizens of the underworld (from Crime), 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Denizens of the underworld (from Crime), 1968

Sale Date: December 14, 2011

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Historia del crimen, 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Historia del crimen, 1968

Sale Date: December 8, 2011

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Sin título, 1981

José Luis Cuevas

Sin título, 1981

Sale Date: December 8, 2011

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Retrato de natural José C. Orozco, 1948

José Luis Cuevas

Retrato de natural José C. Orozco, 1948

Sale Date: December 8, 2011

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Self-portrait, May, 1969

José Luis Cuevas

Self-portrait, May, 1969

Sale Date: December 3, 2011

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Letter to dr. laforet, 1965

José Luis Cuevas

Letter to dr. laforet, 1965

Sale Date: November 17, 2011

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Juan Valle Alvarado confesar para Maria..., 1989

José Luis Cuevas

Juan Valle Alvarado confesar para Maria..., 1989

Sale Date: November 17, 2011

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Clase de anatomia (from The Intolerance..., 1989

José Luis Cuevas

Clase de anatomia (from The Intolerance..., 1989

Sale Date: November 17, 2011

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Crime by Cuevas (portfolio of 11), 1968

José Luis Cuevas

Crime by Cuevas (portfolio of 11), 1968

Sale Date: December 11, 2011

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Nude, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: November 16, 2011

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Crouching figure (+ Two figures, smllr; 2..., 1956

José Luis Cuevas

Crouching figure (+ Two figures, smllr; 2..., 1956

Sale Date: November 7, 2011

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La Renaudière (3 works), 1976

José Luis Cuevas

La Renaudière (3 works), 1976

Sale Date: October 24, 2011

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Portrait, 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Portrait, 1988

Sale Date: October 14, 2011

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MacBeth, 1989

José Luis Cuevas

MacBeth, 1989

Sale Date: October 14, 2011

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Coloso (from Olympic memories), 1988

José Luis Cuevas

Coloso (from Olympic memories), 1988

Sale Date: October 14, 2011

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Danger, 1967

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: October 14, 2011

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Café Sevilla, 1991

José Luis Cuevas

Café Sevilla, 1991

Sale Date: October 13, 2011

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Personajes

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: October 13, 2011

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