Mexico. 1912 - 1998
Genre, figure, muralist, sculptor
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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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Trovador (also known as The Troubadour)
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AMERICA
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PERRO AULLANDO A LA LUNA (DOG HOWLING AT THE MOON)
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Mural painting
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Mexico. 1932 - 2019
Figure, portrait, animal easel and mural painting
New York / Mexico. 1934 - 2017
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Abstract figurative and surreal painting
Mexico. 1925 - 2001
Figure, Indian, other
France. 1882 - 1963
Cubist interior and still-life painting, collage, lithography
Venezuela, France. 1923 - 2005
Op art, installation sculpture
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Mod figure, still life, and landscape painting, collage, lithographs
France, Hungary. 1906 - 1997
Op art painting, geometric images
New York / France, Italy, Switzerland. 1921 - 2006
Fantasy animal painting, abstraction
New York, Ohio. Born 1935
Pop expression, sculpture, graphics
New York, Maine, Indiana. 1928 - 2018
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Pop art painting, printmaking, digital, design and photography
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Book and magazine illustration, caricatures, and mural painting
Mexico. Born 1933
Figural sculpture
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Figure, genre and still life painting
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Abstract Expressionist painting
New York / Russian Federation. 1899 - 1988
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