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David Alfaro Siqueiros biography

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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Chihuahua, Mexico
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Cuernavaca, Mexico
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David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican painter and muralist whose work reflected his Marxist ideology.

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In 1922, David Alfaro Siqueiros painted frescoes on the walls of the National Preparatory School and began organizing and leading unions of artists and workingmen. His communist activities led to numerous jailings and periods of exile. He produced thousands of square feet of wall paintings in which numerous social, political and industrial changes were portrayed from a left-wing perspective.

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