Rufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter who developed a distinctive modernist style that drew on pre-Columbian art and Mexican folk traditions while deliberately avoiding the overt political and historical narrative content favored by the leading Mexican muralists of his generation. Working in rich, earthy color palettes influenced partly by ancient Mexican pottery and textiles, he produced paintings of figures, animals, and still lifes that emphasized formal and coloristic values over explicit social commentary, a stance that put him at odds with Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros during his lifetime. Tamayo divided his career between Mexico, New York, and Paris, and is now recognized as one of the major twentieth-century Mexican painters alongside the muralists he distanced himself from.
Facts
BirthplaceOaxaca de Juarez, Mexico 1 TrainingEscuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas at San Carlos, from 1917 1 Partially Attested
Death PlaceThe source says he was admitted to a Mexico City hospital on June 12, 1991 and died on June 24, 1991; it does not name the place of death in a separate sentence. In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Rufino Tamayo
Early life, birth sentence (birth year)
Tamayo was born in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1899 to Manuel Arellanes and Florentina Tamayo.
Lead, first sentence (birth date)
Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈfino taˈmaʝo]; August 25, 1899
Lead, first sentence (birthplace)
was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.
Lead, first sentence (nationality)
was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.
Later life, death sentence (death year)
He suffered a heart attack and died on June 24, 1991.
Later life, death sentence (death date)
He suffered a heart attack and died on June 24, 1991.
Later life, hospital admission and death sentences
On June 12, 1991, Tamayo was admitted to Mexico City's National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition for respiratory and heart failure. He suffered a heart attack and died on June 24, 1991.
Early life, enrolment sentence
However, in 1917 Tamayo's aunt enrolled him at Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas at San Carlos to study art.
Gender reference
Rufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter who developed a distinctive modernist style that drew on pre-Columbian art and Mexican folk traditions while deliberately avoiding the overt political and historical narrative content favored by the leading Mexican muralists of his generation.
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