Rufino Tamayo

(Mexican, 1899–1991)

Rufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter and printmaker known for his large-scale murals and vivid use of color. Like his peers Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jose Clemente Orozco, Tamayo helped bring international attention to Mexican art. Influenced by his pre-Columbian heritage as well as Cubism and Surrealism, Tamayo portrayed vernacular subjects like watermelons and animals in a unique formal vocabulary. “Art is a means of expression that must be understood by everybody, everywhere,” he stated. “It grows out of the earth, the textures of our lives, and our experience.” Born on August 26, 1899 in Oaxaca, Mexico, Tamayo left the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts after a year and began to teach himself. He moved to New York in the 1930s after having a falling out with the politically driven Rivera and Siqueiros in his home county. Eventually returning to Mexico in 1959, he founded the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City and the Museo Rufino Tamayo in his birthplace of Oaxaca during the early 1980s. The artist continued to produce some of his most compelling works including Moon and Sun (1990) right up until his death on June 24, 1991 in Mexico City, Mexico at the age of 91. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others.

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Trovador, 1945
Sold price: 7,209,000 USD

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Protesta, 1983

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Protesta, 1983

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Cabeza sobre fondo azul, 1984

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Cabeza sobre fondo azul, 1984

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Femme en Mauve, from Las Mujeres, 1969

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Femme en Mauve, from Las Mujeres, 1969

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Torso de joven (from the Mujeres portfolio), 1969

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Torso de joven (from the Mujeres portfolio), 1969

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Figure In Red

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Figure In Red

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Venus Noir, from Mujeres, 1969

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Venus Noir, from Mujeres, 1969

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Carnavalesque, from Mujeres, 1969

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Carnavalesque, from Mujeres, 1969

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Torse de Jeune Fille, from Mujeres, 1969

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Torse de Jeune Fille, from Mujeres, 1969

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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"Camino al lnfinito", 1978

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Malabarista (Juggler), from Rufino Tamayo 15 , 1980

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Malabarista (Juggler), from Rufino Tamayo 15 , 1980

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Peces (Fish), from Rufino Tamayo 15..., 1973

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Peces (Fish), from Rufino Tamayo 15..., 1973

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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No lloro, perro me acuerdo

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No lloro, perro me acuerdo

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Three Figures On A Log, 1932

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Three Figures On A Log, 1932

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Naturaleza Muerta, 1952

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Naturaleza Muerta, 1952

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Pasteque #2 From The

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Pasteque #2 From The "Mujeres" Series, 1969

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Sandia #1, /

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Sandia #1, / "Pastque #1," / "Watermelon #1", 1969

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Estela, 1977

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Nina, 1981

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Cabeza En Ocre [Head In Ochre], 1976

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Cabeza En Ocre [Head In Ochre], 1976

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Adam And

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Adam And "Eve" From The "Tamayo 90..., 1989–1990

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Untitled

Rufino Tamayo

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Hombre en Fondo Verde, (Man on Green...

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Hombre en Fondo Verde, (Man on Green...

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Artículo 13, 1984

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Artículo 13, 1984

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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SANDIAS No. 1 , 1969

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SANDIAS No. 1 , 1969

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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