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David Alfaro Siqueiros

1896 - 1974

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David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros; December 29, 1896 – January 6, 1974) was a Mexican social realist painter, best known for his large public murals using the latest in equipment, materials and technique. Along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, he was one of the most famous of the "Mexican muralists". Siqueiros was a member of the Mexican Communist Party. Although he went to Spain to support the Spanish Republic against the forces of Francisco Franco with his art, he volunteered and served in frontline combat as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army of the Republic through 1938 before returning to Mexico City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Alfaro Siqueiros is the 363rd most popular painter (down from 303rd in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 24th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Painter.

David Alfaro Siqueiros is most famous for his mural work in Mexico during the 1920s.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, David Alfaro Siqueiros ranks 363 out of 2,023. Before him are Catharina van Hemessen, David Teniers the Younger, Michael Ancher, Francesco Melzi, Aleksandra Ekster, and Vasily Perov. After him are Édouard Vuillard, Asher Brown Durand, Balthus, Ferdinand Bol, Luigi Russolo, and Karel Appel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, David Alfaro Siqueiros ranks 47. Before him are John Dos Passos, Italo Balbo, Nobusuke Kishi, Nikolay Semyonov, Paulino Alcántara, and Rolf Maximilian Sievert. After him are Herbert Backe, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Tina Modotti, Friedrich Hund, Mamie Eisenhower, and Ida Noddack. Among people deceased in 1974, David Alfaro Siqueiros ranks 35. Before him are Satyendra Nath Bose, Lewis Strauss, Zalman Shazar, Louis Kahn, Fritz Zwicky, and Carl Spaatz. After him are Walter Brennan, Virginia Apgar, Cass Elliot, Walter Lippmann, Marcel Pagnol, and Hilda Gadea.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, David Alfaro Siqueiros ranks 28 out of 729. Before him are Francisco I. Madero (1873), La Malinche (1502), Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Vicente Fox (1942), and Moctezuma I (1398). After him are Linda Christian (1923), Hugo Sánchez (1958), Cantinflas (1911), Cuitláhuac (1476), Alfonso García Robles (1911), and Álvaro Obregón (1880).

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Among PAINTERS In Mexico

Among painters born in Mexico, David Alfaro Siqueiros ranks 3. Before him are Frida Kahlo (1907), and Diego Rivera (1886). After him are José Clemente Orozco (1883), Rufino Tamayo (1899), Juan O'Gorman (1905), Emmanuel Lubezki (1964), Francisco Toledo (1940), and Ignacio Ortiz (1934).

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