Artist David Alfaro Siqueiros

David Alfaro Siqueiros is one of the three most famous artists for his works in Mexican Muralism. One aspect that is interesting about him is, he was the most politically active out of the three and served his time in the war while also being a protester. His main goal in the art pieces he created was to give people awareness and keep them educated in what was going on then just making art for his own pleasure. Some of his art styles were classical art, Italian renaissance art, and Italian futurism. He also created new techniques for his mural paintings that he took more pride in then his smaller pieces. From his new techniques he also influenced Jackson Pollock who later on pioneered a new art style known as abstract expressionism.

Many of his murals were based on his political views. Since he was very involved in the Mexican revolution his very extreme beliefs caught up to him which later on caused him to be driven out of Mexico and then later on placed in jail. His time in jail helped influence his art pieces, while he also painted the sufferings of jail life. He studied with fresco paintings in Italy with Diego Rivera who also was a direct influence on him. Many of David Queiros art pieces showed the pain of the people and other political people. This was his main target in all his pieces as a way to show how unjustly the government was treating its people. He took more pride in his murals because they were more accessible to common people which were a part of his targeted audience.

Work’s cited

Explorando. “David Alfaro Siqueiros, Great Mexican Painter.” 2002- 2008. 29
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Wake Forest University. “David Alfaro Siqueiros 1896-1974.” 29 Oct. 2008
http://www.wfu.edu/history/StudentWork/fysprojects/kmason/DvASiq.htm

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http://www.wfu.edu/history/StudentWork/fysprojects/kmason/second.htm