David Siqueiros Art
David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros) was a Mexican Social Realist painter, better known for his large murals in fresco. Along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, he established "Mexican Muralism." He was a Marxist-Leninist in support of the Soviet Union and a member of the Mexican Communist Party who participated in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Leon Trotsky in May 1940. His surname would normally be Alfaro by Spanish naming customs; like Picasso (Pablo Ruiz y Picasso) and Lorca (Federico García Lorca), Siqueiros used his mother's surname. It was long believed that he was born in Camargo in Chihuahua state, but in 2003 it was proven that he had actually been born in the city of Chihuahua, but grew up in Irapuato, Guanajuato, at least from the age of six. The discovery of his birth certificate in 2003 by a Mexican art curator was announced the following year by art critic Raquel Tibol, who was renowned as the leading authority on Mexican Muralism and who had been a close acquaintance of Siqueiros. Siqueiros changed his given name to "David" after his first wife called him by it in allusion to Michelangelo's David. Another factual confusion is the year of his birth: he was born in 1896, but many sources state 1898 or 1899.
1930s Realist David Siqueiros Art
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1980s Realist David Siqueiros Art
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1960s Modern David Siqueiros Art
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1990s Contemporary David Siqueiros Art
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1960s Folk Art David Siqueiros Art
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1990s Realist David Siqueiros Art
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Mid-20th Century Realist David Siqueiros Art
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1910s Cubist David Siqueiros Art
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Mid-20th Century Abstract David Siqueiros Art
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1980s Realist David Siqueiros Art
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Late 20th Century David Siqueiros Art
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Early 20th Century Modern David Siqueiros Art
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Early 2000s Realist David Siqueiros Art
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022David Alfaro Siqueiros is a Mexican artist that specializes in social realism paintings and large-scale art pieces. David Alfaro Siqeiros’s most notable pieces include the Portrait of the Bourgeoisie and The March of Humanity, both are murals. Browse a selection of authentic David Alfaro Siqueiros artwork on 1stDibs.