Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
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Museums page for Rufino Tamayo ((1899 - 1991)), known for Modernist landscape, still life and figure painting, murals. Showing 11 museum collections and exhibitions.
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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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Museums & Collections (11)
All MuseumsCalifornia African American Museum
Exposition Park
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037Community Fine Arts Center
400 C Street
Rock Springs, WY 82901Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY
450 Klapper Hall,
6530 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Palm Springs Art Museum
101 Museum Drive
Po Box 2310
Palm Springs, CA 92263-2310Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128University of Saint Joseph Art Gallery
1678 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117-2791University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Vincent Price Art Museum
1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez
East los Angeles College
Monterey Park, CA 91754