Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection (Vancouver Art Gallery)
2012Thom, Ian M.
160 pages (color)
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1899 Oaxaco, Mexico - 1991 Mexico. Known for: Modernist landscape, still life and figure painting, murals.
Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899- June 24, 1991). A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended... Read full biography
Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899- June 24, 1991). A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually 'mestizo' - of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa... Read full biography
Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899- June 24, 1991). A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually 'mestizo' - of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). He began painting at age 11. Orphaned at the age of 12, Tamayo moved to Mexico City, where he was raised by his maternal aunt who owned a wholesale fruit business. In 1917, he... Read full biography
Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899- June 24, 1991). A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually 'mestizo' - of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). He began painting at age 11. Orphaned at the age of 12, Tamayo moved to Mexico City, where he was raised by his maternal aunt who owned a wholesale fruit business. In 1917, he entered the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, but left soon after to pursue independent study. Four years later, Tamayo was appointed the head designer of the department of ethnographic drawings at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City.... Read full biography
Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899- June 24, 1991). A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually 'mestizo' - of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). He began painting at age 11. Orphaned at the age of 12, Tamayo moved to Mexico City, where he was raised by his maternal aunt who owned a wholesale fruit business. In 1917, he entered the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, but left soon after to pursue independent study. Four years later, Tamayo was appointed the head designer of the department of ethnographic drawings at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City. There he was surrounded by pre-Colombian objects, an aesthetic inspiration that would play a pivotal rol... Read full biography
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Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted
2007Du Pont, Diana C.0 pages (color)Prints Of Rufino Tamayo, The (Artes Visuales Turner)
2004MartInez, Ramiro; Pereda, Juan Carlos; and Tibol, Raquel0 pages (color)Tamayo
2000del Conde, Teresa0 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesTamayo
1997Corredor, Matheos0 pages (color)Rufino Tamayo
1997Lassaigne, Jacques and Paz, Octavio0 pages (color)Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996Barbara and Peter Toohil363 pages (color)Sculptures and Mixographs by Rufino Tamayo
1990Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum0 pages (color)Rufino Tamayo: Catalogue Raisonne: Grafica/Prints1925-1991.
1984Carlos, Juan0 pages (color)Rufino Tamayo, Myth and Magic
1979Tamayo, Rufino0 pages (color)The Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings
1944
(Exhibition catalog)The Art Institute of Chicago22 pagesRufino Tamayo
0Goldwater, Robert John0 pages (color)