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SIQUEIROS, David Alfaro, born 1886, San Roslia de Camargo - 1974 Mexico City. Mexican Painter. |
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| 1911-13 | Studied
at the San Carlos Art Academy in Mexico City. |
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| 1919 | Received
a scholarship enabling him to work in Paris and Barcelona for three
years. Friendship with Rivery. |
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| 1924 | Painted
frescoes in the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. |
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| 1930 | Banished
to Tasco for political reasons and in ... |
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| 1932 | ...
officially exiled. Designed a mural for the Plaza Art Center in Los
Angeles. |
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| 1934 | Spent
a year in New York. |
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| 1935 | Organised
a workshop, with pupils including Pollock. |
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| 1937 | Took
part in the Spanish Civil War. |
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| 1944 | Founded
the Centro Realista de Arte Moderna. |
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| 1950 | Frescoes
for the Palacio de Bellas Artes. |
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| 1955 | Visits
to Poland and the Soviet Union. |
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| 1962 | Sentenced
to eight years' imprisonment but granted a ... |
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| 1964 | ...
reprieve. |
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| 1964-69 | Worked
on a monumental fresco entitled 'The March of Humanity', for which he
was awarded the Mexican National Price for Art. |
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Along with Rivera and Orozco, Siqueiros is regarded as one of the great Mexican fresco painters. |
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