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)

Florencia, 1961

José Luis Cuevas

Florencia, 1961

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Autorretrato como Van Gogh, 1962

José Luis Cuevas

Autorretrato como Van Gogh, 1962

Sale Date: May 4, 2009

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Kafka viviendo sus diarios (+ Untitled; 2 works)

José Luis Cuevas

Kafka viviendo sus diarios (+ Untitled; 2 works)

Sale Date: May 4, 2009

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La iglesia, 1962

José Luis Cuevas

La iglesia, 1962

Sale Date: May 4, 2009

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El campéon, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

El campéon, 1973

Sale Date: April 29, 2009

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Figuras, posiblemente del año, 1947

José Luis Cuevas

Figuras, posiblemente del año, 1947

Sale Date: November 27, 2008

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Personaje, 1958–1960

José Luis Cuevas

Personaje, 1958–1960

Sale Date: November 20, 2008

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Untitled - Letter (3 works), 1982

José Luis Cuevas

Untitled - Letter (3 works), 1982

Sale Date: November 18, 2008

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Aquello fardo de sueños impreciso

José Luis Cuevas

Aquello fardo de sueños impreciso

Sale Date: November 18, 2008

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Oeuvres (various sizes; 4 works)

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Oeuvres (various sizes; 4 works)

Sale Date: October 24, 2008

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Lot of eleven images from the homage to..., 1969

José Luis Cuevas

Lot of eleven images from the homage to..., 1969

Sale Date: September 12, 2008

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Homage to Quevedo (portfolio of 14), 1969

José Luis Cuevas

Homage to Quevedo (portfolio of 14), 1969

Sale Date: September 18, 2008

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Coney Island (+ Subway; 2 works)

José Luis Cuevas

Coney Island (+ Subway; 2 works)

Sale Date: May 29, 2008

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El carnicero

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Los pieles Rojas

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Los pieles Rojas

Sale Date: May 16, 2008

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Untitled (+ 3 others; 4 works), 1961

José Luis Cuevas

Untitled (+ 3 others; 4 works), 1961

Sale Date: May 18, 2008

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Autorretrato con futbolistas, 1967

José Luis Cuevas

Autorretrato con futbolistas, 1967

Sale Date: May 5, 2008

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La gigante, 1991

José Luis Cuevas

La gigante, 1991

Sale Date: February 17, 2008

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El gigante, 1991

José Luis Cuevas

El gigante, 1991

Sale Date: February 17, 2008

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Sin título

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: February 17, 2008

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Los días apunto de goya, 1973

José Luis Cuevas

Los días apunto de goya, 1973

Sale Date: February 17, 2008

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Sin título 1, 1990

José Luis Cuevas

Sin título 1, 1990

Sale Date: January 29, 2008

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Untitled, 1955

José Luis Cuevas

Untitled, 1955

Sale Date: January 15, 2008

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Pareja, 1978

José Luis Cuevas

Sale Date: November 20, 2007

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