Rufino Tamayo
Mexican painter, printmaker, and sculptor (1899–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (August 25, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.[1][2] Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction[3][4] with surrealist influences.[1]
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arellanes and the second or maternal family name is Tamayo.
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Born | Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (1899-08-25)25 August 1899 Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico |
Died | 24 June 1991(1991-06-24) (aged 91) Mexico City, Mexico |
Education | María Izquierdo, José Vasconcelos (National Archaeological Museum) |
Known for | Painting and drawing |
Movement | Modernism |
Spouse | Olga Flores |
Elected | Head of the Department of Ethnographic Drawings, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
Website | www.rufinotamayo.org.mx/wp |
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