David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros (December 29, 1896 in Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico – January 6, 1974 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico) was a famous painter and muralist. He was famous for large public murals using the latest in equipment, materials and technique.
David Alfaro Siqueiros Media
Siqueiros painting a mural circa 1925
América Tropical: Oprimida y Destrozada por los Imperialismos Italian Hall 2016, Los Angeles.
La Marcha de la Humanidad
Siqueiros (third from right) along with others during a tribute to Julio Antonio Mella circa 1930
La nueva democracia ("The New Democracy"), 1945, Siqueiros
Siqueiros disguised as a farmer under the name of Macario Huízar in the Hostotipaquillo sierra, October 1940
Unfinished 1940s mural painted by David Alfaro Siqueiros, in Escuela de Bellas Artes, a cultural center in San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
Siqueiros (left), Dr. Atl (center), and Diego Rivera (right) in 1955
Other websites
- Short biography and some of his artwork Archived 2007-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- David Alfaro Siqueiros Online - more information and art galleries