David Alfaro Siqueiros

David Alfaro Siqueiros was a fiery Mexican social realist painter and revolutionary, best known for his monumental public murals and his commitment to art as a tool for social change.

ABOUT

Born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros in 1896 in Chihuahua, Mexico, David Alfaro Siqueiros became one of the "Mexican muralists" alongside Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. His early life was marked by political awakening; at just fifteen, he participated in a student strike at the National Academy of Fine Arts, and by eighteen, he joined Venustiano Carranza's Constitutional Army. These military travels exposed him to the struggles of working-class Mexicans and profoundly…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Twilight 1900 · Cleveland Museum of Art Patricians and Patricides 1944 Head of a woman facing right 1919 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Trinity of Scoundrels (La Trinidad de los sinvergüenzas), Corridos de 'El Machete' 1924 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Title page masthead 'El Machete' (hand holding a machete) 1924 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art A clenched fist with the words 'Director del la Pueblo', from the newspaper l 'El Machete' 1924 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Paul CézannePost-Impressionism Dr. AtlMexican Modernism

Influenced

Inji Aflatoun