Rufino Tamayo Artist

Rufino Tamayo (August 26, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction with surrealist influences.

Personal facts

Rufino Tamayo
Birth dateAugust 26, 1899
Birth place
Oaxaca Oaxaca , Mexico
Date of deathJune 24, 1991
Place of death
Mexico City

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Artist

Influenced by
Movement
Modernism
training at
María Izquierdo

Topical connections

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Rufino Tamayo on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://garyconklinfilms.com/Tamayo.html
  2. http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/exhibitions-current-tamayo.asp
  3. http://www.museotamayo.org
  4. http://www.museotamayo.org/inicio
  5. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/25/obituaries/rufino-tamayo-a-leader-in-mexican-art-dies-at-91.html?pagewanted=all
  6. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/arts/design/23pain.html
  7. http://www.orato.com/entertainment/rufino-tamayos-tres-personajes
  8. http://www.vivamexico.info/Index1/Tamayo.html