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[[Image:Siqueiros El Coronelazo.jpg|thumb|El Coronelazo, Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico.]]'''David Alfaro Siqueiros''' (Ciudad Camargo, Chihuahua, 1896 - Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1974) [[Mexican]] Social Realist [[Muralism|Muralist]]. ''Along with [[Diego Rivera]] and [[Jose Clemente Orozco|José Clemente Orozco]] (the "Big Three"), Siqueiros was one of the most important artists in the Mexican mural movement.'' [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/11/ca/ho_31.91.7.htm] ''Mexican [[Muralism|muralism]] started during the first decades of the XX century... The murals of Siqueiros are characterized by an imposing strength and an esthetic full of drama and color.'' [http://www.explorandomexico.com/about-mexico/5/92/] Siqueiros was also a life-long political activist, a Communist, veteran of the Mexican Revolution and Spanish Civil War; because of his political activism he was several times in prision. Issac Deutscher describes him as a man in whom ''"art, revolution and gangsterism were inseparable."''; he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1967. [http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/309-the-artist-as-activist-david-alfaro-siqueiros-1896%E2%80%931974] Siqueiros' first mural, ''The Elements'' (1922), was painted in a stairway of the National Preparatory School. Some of his most important works are: "Portrait of Eugene Jolas", c. 1936, "Proceso al fascismo", 1939, "Retrato de la Burguesía", 1939-1940, "Muerte al Invasor, 1942, "Alegoría de la Igualdad Racial en Cuba", 1944, "El Coronelazo", 1945, "La Nueva Democracia", 1944-1945, "Patricios y Patricidas", 1946, "Nuestra Imagen Actual", 1947, "Cuauhtémoc Contra el Mito" ca. 1964, and "Marcha de la Humanidad", 1971. His painting portrayed his ideals of nationalism. ''Although he is most recognized for his murals inspired by the [[Mexican Revolution]], Siqueiros´s artistic interests were exceptionally varied and included the idea of mechanical motion of futurism, as well as the concept of montage'' [http://www.mfah.org/artsearch.asp?par1=1&par2=Siqueiros%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&par3=1&par4=179&par5=1&par6=1&par7=&lgc=4&eid=&currentPage=1]  <blockquote>Siqueiros's radical experiments proved influential for [[Abstract Expressionism|Abstract Expressionist]] artist [[Jackson Pollock]], in particular, who was a member of his New York Workshop. [http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79146]</blockquote> <center><gallery>File:MickeyObamaSiqueiros Nueva Democracia 1944.jpg|1500pxLa Nueva Democracia, 1944-1945.File:Siqueiros Pedregal con figuras Rocks with Figures 1947.jpg|Pedregal con figuras, 1947.File:Siqueiros Bahia de Acapulco.jpg|Bahia de Acapulco, 1957.</gallery> [[File:Siqueiros Desfallecimiento 1944.jpg|320px]] Desfallecimiento, 1944.</center> == See also ==[[File:Siqueiros El petroleo en México 1967.jpg|thumb|El petroleo en México, 1967.]] * [[Painting Schools]]* [[Mexican Painters]]* [[Mexican Painting Masterpieces]] [[File:Siqueiros El fuego muerto cubrira toda la tierra 1962.jpg|thumb|left|280px|El fuego muerto cubrira toda la tierra, 1962.]] {{Clear}} == External links ==[[Image:Siqueiros Zapata.jpg|thumb|Zapata, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.]]*[http://encontrarte.aporrea.org/expo/e6.html El Muralismo Mexicano] In Spanish.*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/siqueiros_david_alfaro.html David Alfaro Siqueiros] ARTCYCLOPEDIA. *[http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtsiqueiros.html THE ARTIST AS ACTIVIST: DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS]*[http://www.polyforumsiqueiros.com/ingles/menu.htm Polyforum Siqueiros]  [[Image:Siqueiros Nuestra Imagen actual.jpg|thumb|left|Nuestra Imagen Actual.]]  {{DEFAULTSORT:Siqueiros, David Alfaro}}[[Category:Mexican Painters]]
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