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| − | '''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]
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| − | 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.
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| − | ''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=¤tPage=1]
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| − | 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]
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| − | File:Siqueiros Nueva Democracia 1944.jpg|La Nueva Democracia, 1944-1945. | + | |
| − | File:Siqueiros Pedregal con figuras Rocks with Figures 1947.jpg|Pedregal con figuras, 1947.
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| − | File:Siqueiros Bahia de Acapulco.jpg|Bahia de Acapulco, 1957.
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| − | Desfallecimiento, 1944.
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | [[File:Siqueiros El petroleo en México 1967.jpg|thumb|El petroleo en México, 1967.]]
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| − | * [[Painting Schools]]
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| − | * [[Mexican Painters]]
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| − | * [[Mexican Painting Masterpieces]]
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| − | [[File:Siqueiros El fuego muerto cubrira toda la tierra 1962.jpg|thumb|left|280px|El fuego muerto cubrira toda la tierra, 1962.]]
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | [[Image:Siqueiros Zapata.jpg|thumb|Zapata, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.]]
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| − | *[http://encontrarte.aporrea.org/expo/e6.html El Muralismo Mexicano] In Spanish.
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| − | *[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/siqueiros_david_alfaro.html David Alfaro Siqueiros] ARTCYCLOPEDIA.
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| − | *[http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtsiqueiros.html THE ARTIST AS ACTIVIST: DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS]
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| − | *[http://www.polyforumsiqueiros.com/ingles/menu.htm Polyforum Siqueiros]
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| − | [[Image:Siqueiros Nuestra Imagen actual.jpg|thumb|left|Nuestra Imagen Actual.]]
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