David Siqueiros

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David Siqueiros

• BY Omar Tapia

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David Siqueiros

• David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) together
  with Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco are
  considered to be the three masters of the Mexican
  school of mural painting. Siqueiros, born in
  Chihuahua, México, was a sergeant in the Mexican
  Revolution and a colonel in the Spanish Civil
  War. He was very active in the organizing of
  México's labor forces, and his political activism
  resulted in many deportations and years in jail.
  It was in jail where he created most of his easel
  works. He incorporated many new materials and
  techniques, and was the first artist to use
  acrylics as a painting media.

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• With the possible exception of André Malraux, no
  individual associated with the arts has been
  involved in direct political action more than
  David Alfaro Siqueiros. Student agitator,
  soldier, leader of an assassination squad --
  Siqueiros was all of those things. Yet he is also
  considered one the artistic masters of the
  twentieth century, a member of that great Mexican
  school of mural painting that includes José
  Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera. Creative and
  innovative, always interested in new techniques
  and materials, Siqueiros frequently used
  pyroxylin, a substance related to gun-cotton,
  which dries with amazing speed.

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Facts

• Siqueiros painted his first mural in 1923 at the
  National Preparatory School in Mexico City. In
  his early murals his modern/traditional style was
  already evident. Though he used traditional
  fresco painting techniques the finished product
  reflected his recent visit to Europe. Studies in
  Spain weren't the last to leave a impression on
  h1. He was born in Chihuahua on December 29,
  1896.
• 2. He died in Mexico City on January 7, 1974.
• 3. He attended the Academy of San Cargos in
  Mexico City in 1911, and the Mexican Academy in
  Mexico City in 1913 to 1914.
• 4. He served on the general staff of the Mexican
  Army during the revolution in Mexico from 1914 to
  1922.
• 5. He worked with Diego River on mural projects
  in Guadalajara and worked in labor unions from
  1925 to 1930.

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references

• www.adanigallarey.com/siqueiros
• www.siqueiros.inba.gob.mx/

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