June Carter Cash
Musical Monikers
Madonna
Justin Bieber
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived
1 photo
Quick Facts
- NAME: David Alfaro Siqueiros
- OCCUPATION: Painter
- BIRTH DATE: December 29, 1896
- DEATH DATE: January 06, 1974
- EDUCATION: San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Chihuahua, Mexico
- PLACE OF DEATH: Cuernavaca, Mexico
Best Known For
David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican painter and muralist whose work reflected his Marxist ideology.
Quiz
Think you know about Biography?
Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.
Play NowDavid Alfaro Siqueiros. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 12:19, May 24, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/david-alfaro-siqueiros-9485144.
David Alfaro Siqueiros. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/david-alfaro-siqueiros-9485144 [Accessed 24 May 2013].
"David Alfaro Siqueiros." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 24 2013, 12:19 http://www.biography.com/people/david-alfaro-siqueiros-9485144.
"David Alfaro Siqueiros," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/david-alfaro-siqueiros-9485144 [accessed May 24, 2013].
"David Alfaro Siqueiros," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/david-alfaro-siqueiros-9485144 (accessed May 24, 2013).
David Alfaro Siqueiros [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 24] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/david-alfaro-siqueiros-9485144.
David Alfaro Siqueiros, http://www.biography.com/people/david-alfaro-siqueiros-9485144 (last visited May 24, 2013).
David Alfaro Siqueiros. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/david-alfaro-siqueiros-9485144. Accessed May 24, 2013.
In 1959 the Mexican government sentenced Siqueiros to five years in jail for supporting a railroad workers' union. After the artist was released in 1964, he continued to show his fiery passion for left-wing causes. He strongly backed the new Cuban government and its leader, Fidel Castro, and came out swinging against the U.S. and its war in Vietnam.
In 1974 Siqueiros died in Cuernavaca, his home for the last decade of his life.
© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
profile name: David Alfaro Siqueiros profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Famous Capricorns 497 people in this group
-
Famous Painters
View groupBrowse notable painters such as Frida Kahlo, Romare Bearden, and Georges Braque.
Famous Painters 158 people in this group
-
Famous Artists
View groupBrowse our collection of history's most famous artists, whose striking, pioneering artwork has depicted progressive interpretations as well as personal and historic events. Explore full biographies, and view photos and videos, of notable artists such as Jeff Koons, Romare Bearden, Jackson Pollack, Andy Warhol, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh and more, only at Biography.com.
Famous Artists 285 people in this group
