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	David Alfaro Siqueiros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Alfaro Siqueiros (December 29, 1896 - January 6, 1974) was a Mexican painter and muralist.
		Siqueiros was one of several well-known Mexican muralists working at the time, including Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo.
		In 1911, when he was only fifteen years old, Siqueiros attended the Academy of San Carlos and was involved in a student strike that protested the academy's method of teaching and urged the impeachment of the school's director.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Alfaro_Siqueiros (393 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros Biography / Biography of David Alfaro Siqueiros Biography
		Siqueiros served as a representative of various workers' organizations to Russia in 1928 and as a delegate to workers' meetings in South America in 1929.
		Siqueiros was a professor at the Chouinard School of Art, Los Angeles (1932-1933), where he developed new technical processes for outdoor murals, including the use of airbrushes to apply paint.
		Siqueiros was a delegate from the Congress of Mexican Artists to the Congress of Revolutionary Artists in New York City in 1936, and there he established a school in which he set forth his revolutionary artistic ideas.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-david-alfaro-siqueiros (582 words)

	HISTORY OF MEXICO - THE ARTIST AS ACTIVIST: DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS - BY JIM TUCK IN MEXICO CONNECT
		Siqueiros was born in Chihuahua City in 1896.
		By the tender age of fifteen Siqueiros was already involved in artistic studies and political activism.
		In 1913, following the overthrow and assassination of Madero, Siqueiros conspired with a group of students and workers to unseat Victoriano Huerta, the general who had masterminded the conspiracy against Madero and now ruled as a military dictator.
	www.mexconnect.com /mex_/history/jtuck/jtsiqueiros.html (1145 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		David Alfaro Siqueiros was another essential artist in the trio of muralists that greatly influenced the art world.
		Siqueiros' style was influenced by Michelangelo during his studies in Europe from 1919-1922.
		David Alfaro Siqueiros went on to produce many other masterpieces, always pushing the limits of change and innovation.
	staff.esuhsd.org /~balochie/studentprojects/mexmuralists/Siqueiros.html (498 words)

	siq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		David Alfaro Siqueiros, was born in Chihuahua City in 1896.
		When David was 15 he was already involved in artistic studies and political activism.
		David Siqueiros continued to be a member of International Marxism.
	www.dpcdsb.org /grassroots/gr8art/modern/siq.htm (323 words)

	Santa Barbara Museum of Art - Collection
		Of the three murals painted by Siqueiros while he was in Los Angeles, Portrait of Mexico Today, 1932 is direct in its commentary on the social and political conditions in Mexico in the early 1930s.
		Siqueiros, as well as the Mexican government, understood this appointment to be another example of the United States financial community exerting pressure on Mexico in order to benefit economically.
		While Siqueiros applied the cement in conventional fresco fashion, adhering "giornato," or in other words an amount that he could paint in a given session before it dried, he ended up producing images that rest on the surface of rather than embedded in the cement due to the inability of oil to mix with water.
	www.sbmuseart.org /siqueiros/mural_imagery.html (1595 words)

	Siqueiros, David Alfaro on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SIQUEIROS, DAVID ALFARO [Siqueiros, David Alfaro], 1896-1974, Mexican painter, b.
		Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, and José Clemente Orozco are often referred to as "los tres grandes" —the three greats of Mexican mural painting.
		El FBI tras falsos Siqueiros: como heredera de David Alfaro Siqueiros, su hija Adriana ha asumido el derecho de certÃficar sus obras artÃsticas.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Siqueiro.asp (639 words)

	Siqueiros, David Alfaro. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Siqueiros was among Mexico’s most original and eminent painters.
		Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, and José Clemente Orozco are often referred to as “los tres grandes”—the three greats of Mexican mural painting.
		Siqueiros’s art is one of violent social protest expressed in dynamic, swirling brushwork, dramatic contrasts of light and shade, brilliant colors, and heroic themes.
	www.bartleby.com /65/si/Siqueiro.html (273 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera
		(Siqueiros at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Rivera at Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach) Coincidence is never accidental, and it does seem that a strange configuration (perhaps Comet Hale-Bopp) was involved in the simultaneity of exhibitions by two twentieth-century Mexican masters.
		Yet what is revealed simultaneously by the selections on view here is Siqueiros' insistence on investigating and exploring the act of painting in and of itself, while confronting the influences of other aesthetic expressions, most notably the cinema.
		Siqueiros came here to teach muralism at the Chouinard Institute which, of course, was a training ground for the Disney artists.
	artscenecal.com /ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles1997/Articles0597/DASiqueiros.html (891 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Siqueiros (1896-1974) was one of Los Tres Grandes (along with Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco), Mexico's world-renowned mural masters.
		A life-long political activist who fought in the 1910 Mexican Revolution and against Franco in Spain, Siqueiros came to Los Angeles in 1932 during an unfavorable political climate in Mexico on a six-month visa and did three murals.
		The first was painted at Chouinard Institute of Art as part of a class Siqueiros taught.
	www.lamurals.org /MuralistPages/Siqueiros.html (223 words)

	Siqueiros Image Bank - About Siqueiros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Siquieros's particular use of this device was precisely the reverse of the historical model: bringing the head to the front of the picture plane, and having the rest of the figure recede in dramatic perspective, as in his famous depiction of Prometheus in the mural of the hospital of La Raza.
		Siqueiros sketched on top of many of these photographs as he studied the compositional features of the figures or calculated how to transfer them onto a wall.
		The Siqueiros photographic archive traces and deconstructs the development and visual universe of one of the most engaged protagonists of social realism.
	www.e-flux.com /projects/siqueiros/siqueiros.php (497 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros Artist /Muralist
		But Siqueiros' most important mural in Los Angeles was his second -- "Tropical America." The powerful political statement was executed along the exterior of the second floor of Olvera Street’s Italian Hall, where the Plaza Art Center was located.
		Siqueiros was assisted by approximately 20 artists known as the Bloc of Mural Painters and began the mural in mid-August.
		Siqueiros’ allegorical depiction of the struggle against imperialism wasn’t a comfortable topic for the Downtown L.A. business and political establishment.
	www.olvera-street.com /html/siqueiros_mural.html (613 words)

	Interview with famed artist Philip Stein, aka Estaño
		He and Siqueiros were usually at the head of any protests and I was very often in their company.
		Siqueiros had this name placed on the plaques that are attached to a number of his murals.
		Siqueiros accepted the idea, for in that way the students could learn the fundamentals of Siqueiros' technique of mural painting.
	www.mexicanmuralschool.com /interview/interview.htm (3104 words)

	Siqueiros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Siqueiros had been invited by the School to teach a class in mural painting, and what better way to educate his students than to directly involve them in the creation of a mural.
		The 20 by 30 foot painting was on an outside wall of the School, and for the first time the Artist put aside his brushes and turned to an industrial spray gun to paint the fresh concrete.
		Film Director Dudley Murphy was a great supporter of Siqueiros, and to show his appreciation the Artist painted a mural at the Director's Pacific Palisades home.
	www.change-links.org /SIQUEIROS.htm (920 words)

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		avid Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) was among the most famous of all Mexican painters and muralists, ranking alongside the great Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco.
		Siqueiros was born in Chihuahua and trained at the Escuela Nacional de Belles Artes in Mexico City.
		n 1962, the Mexican government sentenced Siqueiros to eight years in prison for organizing left-wing student riots in 1960 (when Siqueiros was 64 years of age); two years later, in 1964, Siqueiros was pardoned.
	www.rogallery.com /siquieros_david_alfaro/siqueiros-biography.htm (178 words)

	International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
		David Alfaro Siqueiros was born in 1896 in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
		Siqueiros traveled to Spain in 1919 and, in 1921 while in Barcelona, he published a magazine called, âVida Americanaâ.
		Ever politically involved, Siqueiros was jailed in 1959 for âsocial dissolutionâ and upon his release in 1964, he continued as a partisan of international Marxism.
	www.printdealers.com /artist_template.cfm?id=1976 (500 words)

	Art/Auctions: Latin American Art auction at Christie's May 30-1, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		"Siqueiros' life and work were fraught with complications, his artistic work cannot be separated from the political or vice versa, his art rests in his politics and ideals, even his brushstrokes carry the forcefulness of his convictions.
		Speed and movement were consistent concerns in Siqueiros work and her he was able to utilize not just the plane of the mural but also that of the viewer.
		The Siqueiros painting is part of the National Heritage of Mexico and cannot be removed from that country and is being offered for sale from the catalogue.
	www.thecityreview.com /s01clat.html (3283 words)

	NGA Classroom: Who Am I?: Self Portraits in Art and Writing: Bios / Resources: Bio Bytes: David Alfaro Siqueiros ...
		David Alfaro Siqueiros was an outspoken artist and agitator for social and political change in twentieth-century Mexico.
		Born in 1896 in Chihuahua, Mexico, to a bourgeois family, Siqueiros went to Mexico City as a teenager to study art and architecture.
		Siqueiros died in 1977, his revolutionary murals and writings securing his place in both the history of Mexico and the history of art.
	www.nga.gov /education/classroom/self_portraits/bio_siqueiros.shtm (485 words)

	Siqueiros, David Alfaro - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Siqueiros, David Alfaro
		He was imprisoned 1960–64 for organizing a student riot.
		In the 1920s Siqueiros worked with Diego Rivera and José Orozco on allegorical frescoes for the National Preparatory School, Mexico City – the first of many such mural commissions.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Siqueiros,+David+Alfaro (310 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros Online
		David Alfaro Siqueiros at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
		David Alfaro Siqueiros copyright requests handled by VAGA.
		All images and text on this David Alfaro Siqueiros page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/siqueiros_david_alfaro.html (297 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros, Paintings in Andres Blaisten Museum
		Siqueiros always mentioned he was born in Santa Rosalía, Chihuahua on December 29, 1896.
		However, in 2004 the art investigator Raquel Tibol found Siqueiros' birth certificate which states he was born in Mexico City.
		While he was still in the Preparatory School, at the age of thirteen, he began his profesional career by attending night classes in the Academy.
	www.museoblaisten.com /02asp/english/artistDetailEnglish.asp?artistId=124 (178 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9067975 (756 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896 - 1974) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		David Alfaro Siqueiros was born in Chihuaua, Mexico where his father was a lawyer.
		Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural at the Preparatoria, which was never finished because of student riots.
		It was Siqueiros who taught him the technique of “accidental” painting and the use of industrial materials.
	wwar.com /masters/s/siqueiros-david_alfaro.html (1149 words)

	Art in America: A new home for Siqueiros mural - Front Page - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The only intact mural in the U.S. by Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros was unveiled on Oct. 20 in its new home at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
		Siqueiros, who died in 1974, met Murphy through their mutual friend, the Russian director Sergei Eisenstein.
		Murphy invited Siqueiros to hold an exhibition of his easel paintings in his home, introducing his work to prominent members of the filmmaking community.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1248/is_11_90/ai_94079408 (508 words)

	David Alfaro Siqueiros
		David Alfaro Siqueiros' Portrait of Present-Day Mexico is one of the most beautiful of all the murals created by the Mexican masters in California, and it is happily also in superb condition.
		Siqueiros was exiled from Mexico in 1932 and ended up in Los Angeles.
		Siqueiros' attacks on U.S. policy in his public murals together with his leftist political pedigree led to his deportation in November, 1932.
	artscenecal.com /ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles2002/Articles1002/DASiqueirosA.html (561 words)

	Free Essays - David Alfaro Siqueiros
		Siqueiros, David Alfaro was born in Chihuahua City in 1896 and die on 1974, he was a very famous Mexican painter, muralist, and political activist.
		In the early 1930's, Siqueiros painted murals and exhibited his work in Los Angeles and New York City as well as in Uruguay and Argentina.
		Siqueiros was famous because he had a talent that experimented with new supplies and techniques, such as a “spray gun” and “synthetic paints”.
	www.freeessays.tv /b105.htm (287 words)

	Siqueiros: Artist and Warrior
		The life of Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) was one of passion, political commitment and controversy, perilous adventure, and prolific artistic achievement.
		Together with Diego Rivera and Jose Orozco, Siqueiros was a leader in the Mexican mural movement and the most politically active of the three.
		Siqueiros was forced into exile on several occasions because of his political activities in various countries.
	librarymedia.org /visual/titles/siqueriros.htm (192 words)

	Cleveland Museum of Art - David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican, 1896 - 1974)
		For Siqueiros, a zealous political activist and member of the Communist Party of Mexico, painting was inseparable from politics.
		During the 1930s, Siqueiros found a haven in New York and opened the Siqueiros Experimental Workshop, which was attended by the young American painter Jackson Pollock (1912–1956).
		During the early 1950s, Siqueiros expanded his themes of a utopian socialist society to include the progress of science and technology in the modern world.
	www.clevelandart.org /explore/artist.asp?searchText=Siqueiros&display=list&tab=1&recNo=0&bio=full (377 words)

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