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David Alfaro Siqueiros

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alfaro and the second or maternal family name is Siqueiros.
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Siqueiros, year unknown
Born
José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros

(1896-12-29)December 29, 1896
Camargo, Mexico
DiedJanuary 6, 1974(1974-01-06) (aged 77)
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
EducationSan Carlos Academy
Known forPainting, Muralist
Notable workPortrait of the Bourgeoisie (1939–1940), The March of Humanity (1957–1971)
MovementMexican Mural Movement, Social Realism
AwardsLenin Peace Prize 1966

David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros; December 29, 1896 – January 6, 1974) was a Mexican social realist painter, best known for his large public murals using the latest in equipment, materials and technique. Along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, he was one of the most famous of the "Mexican muralists".[1]

Siqueiros was a member of the Mexican Communist Party. Although he went to Spain to support the Spanish Republic against the forces of Francisco Franco with his art, he volunteered and served in frontline combat as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army of the Republic through 1938 before returning to Mexico City.[2] In 1940, he led a failed assassination attempt on Leon Trotsky in which Trotsky's 14-year-old grandson was shot and American communist Robert Sheldon Harte was executed.[3][4][5] After spending several months on the run from Mexican authorities disguised as a peasant, Siqueiros was eventually apprehended in Jalisco, although he would never be brought to trial and was freed shortly.[6]

By accordance with Spanish naming customs, his surname would normally have been Alfaro; however, 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[7] and who had been a close acquaintance of Siqueiros.[8] Siqueiros changed his given name to "David" after his first wife called him by it in allusion to Michelangelo's David.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Siqueiros Paintings, Bio, Ideas". The Art Story. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  2. ^ The art story, life and legacy
  3. ^ Tony (2020-06-17). "The artist as activist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974)". MexConnect. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
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  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cabrera Nuñez was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Conaculta 2011.
  8. ^ a b Proceso 2004.
  9. ^ Gente Sur 2005.

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