Artist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896 - 1974)
Nationality: Mexican
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
David Alfaro Siqueiros was born in Chihuaua, Mexico where his father was a lawyer. He was interested politics at an early age and became involved in the Mexican Revolution. As a result, he was given a scholarship to study in Europe where he met Diego Rivera. Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural at the Preparatoria, which was never finished because of student riots. He taught for some time in New York City, inspiring artists such as Jackson Pollock. It was Siqueiros who taught him the technique of “accidental” painting and the use of industrial materials.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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David Alfaro Siqueiros, Seated Nude, 1931
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Rupert Garcia, David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1974
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Rupert Garcia, David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1974 - 1982
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David Alfaro Siqueiros - Twilight 1954 pyroxylin on board m Cleveland Museum of Art Mexican
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David Alfaro Siqueiros - Strike on the Pier 1954 gouache on board mou Cleveland Museum of Art Mexican
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Hesiquio Iriarte, El M.R.P.FR. Manuel Alfaro, circa 1880
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Jacques-Louis David - Madame David 1813 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Artist: Ugo da Carpi and after Raphael Title: David and Goliath Date: 1520 - 1525
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Artist: Lord Frederick Leighton Title: Jonathan"s Token to David Date: about 1868 Medium: oil on
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David Park - King David at the River Jordan 1934 watercolor, graphite University of California, Berkeley Art Museum American
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Conrad Waumans, Portrait of David Bailly (Ballii), (after David Bailly), 17th century
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Jacques-Louis David, Laure-Emilie-Felicite David, La Baronne Meunier, 1812
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David Gilhooly, Romulus and Remus, 1970
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David Gilhooly, Rape of Europa, 1970
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Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950 Jackson Pollock (American, 1912-1956)Oil on canvas; H. 105, W. 207
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Jacques-Louis David, The Fortune Teller (La Bonne Aventure), 1824
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Elizabeth Jane Gardner - The Shepherd David c. 1895 oil on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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Pierre Paul Prud'hon - David Johnson 1808 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano - David and Jonathan c. 1505-1510 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guernico - King David 1646-1656 pen and ink University of California, Berkeley Art Museum Italian
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Thomas Sully - The David Children 1826 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sir Henry Raeburn - David Anderson 1790 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Ralph Earl - Dr. David Rogers 1788 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Edgar Degas - David and Goliath n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum French
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David Hannah, 354-24, 1978
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David Gilhooly, Midas Beat his Meat, Unfortunately, 1970
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David Meeting Abigail
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David Gilhooly, Rape of the Sabine Frogs, 20th century
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David Gilhooly, Untitled (frogs mating in grass), 1971
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Peter Paul Rubens - David Slaying Goliath c. 1616 Oil on Canvas Norton Simon Museum Flemish
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David Lance Goines, M, 1982
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David Maxim, Untitled, 1986
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David von Schlegell, Landscape, 1964
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David Lance Goines, A.D.A.C., 1988
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David Lance Goines, Eat, 1980
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David Lance Goines, No War, 1991
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David Maxim, Untitled, 1986
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Guido Reni - The Meeting of David and Abigail c. 1615-1620 oil on canvas Chrysler Museum of Art Italian
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William Johnson - Portrait of David Gardiner, Jr. c. 1762-63 oil on canvas Florence Griswold Museum American
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Frederick Leighton - Johnathan's Token to David c. 1868 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts British

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (14)
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Montreal Museum of Fine Art: Vibrant Colours and the Passion of Mexican Modern Art
For the past seventy-five years, the understanding and appreciation of Mexican art have focussed primarily on the murals, particularly those by Los Tres Grandes: Diego Rivera, ...
National Gallery of Australia: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism
Celebrated by the Surrealists in her own lifetime, Kahlo has attained cult-like status both for her extraordinary art and her tempestuous love-life with husband Diego Ri...
Howell Green Fine Art Gallery: David Rosen: Shakespeare on Canvas
Born in Toronto, Canada in 1912, Rosen studied at Cooper Union Art School in New York City from 1930 to 1933. In 1936, he was employed in the pre-war Federal Arts Project in New York City where he worked in the Mural Division until 1941. During th...
Phoenix Art Museum: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art
Jacques believed that the collector was not the owner of the work but was instead its guardian, a simple link in the human chain which allows the work to survive the long odyssey from the studio to the museum.
- Pierre Schneider ...
Throckmorton Fine Art: LOLA!: Photographs by Lola Alvarez Bravo
Lola Alvarez Bravo (1907–1993) approached photography from many different points of view. She worked as a photojournalist, commercial photographer, professional portraitist, and political artist. Over many decades she contributed to the cultural...
National Museum of Fine Arts: From Picasso to Keith Haring
The artworks, mostly donated by collectors and artists before and after the Revolution, includes a room dedicated to the US art from the Reagan era, which were donated in 1984 by 50 american artists. It contains among others, an outstanding piece ...
Gibbes Museum of Art: The Charleston Renaissance Tradition: Early Works by Corrie McCallum
The wife of the late artist William Halsey, Corrie McCallum has achieved a level of creativity that can only come from a lifetime of observance and productivity. While best known for her spirited, large-scale abstract canvases, lavishly painted l...
Columbia Museum of Art: A Body of Work: The Human Figure from Degas to Diebenkorn
“The human figure has been a significant genre throughout the history of art. To examine the human figure and the techniques and styles in its depiction throughout the 20th century is the motivation behind organizing A Body of Work: The Human Figu...
Dallas Museum of Art: Art in Post-Revolutionary Mexico
Art in Post-Revolutionary Mexico, 1920-1950 features more than 50 paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs by some of Mexico’s most famous artists such as José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and ...
San Diego Museum of Art: José Clemente Orozco in the United States, 1927-1934
The Museum is delighted to be able to present such a significant exhibition of works by Orozco who, along with Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, is counted among the most important Mexican artists of the twentieth century. Wit...
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
Today, the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of twentieth-century Mexican art is widely regarded as the world’s most significant private holding of its kind. Dating from the 1910s to the 1990s, the 80-...
Museum of Fine Art, Houston: Diego Rivera: Art and Revolution

More than 90 paintings and drawings in a variety of media, including paintings rarely or never exhibited in the United States, are being lent by museums and ...
Museum of Modern Art: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Print Collecting: An Early Mission for MoMA
Beginning June 24, 1999, MoMA will present Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Print Collecting: An Early Mission for MoMA, a display of approximately 100 prints that Mrs. Rockefeller enjoyed in her private collection, before donating them to th...
Polvo Art Studio: Tu Casa Es Mi Casa: Artists Respond to Gentrification
gen tri fi ca tion : the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents Artists:
Amanda Gutierrez
Am...

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