Rufino
Tamayo
Rufino
Tamayo (1899-1991) was a Zapotecan Indian born in the Mexican
state of Oaxaca. He moved to México City where he attended
the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas "San Carlos."
Tamayo was exposed to the cultural wealth of pre-Colombian México
as he worked as a draftsman at the Museo Nacional de Arqueologia.
While his contemporaries Siqueiros, Rivera and Orozco were advocating
art with a message, often political, Tamayo's work focused on
plastic forms integrated with a masterful use of colors and
textures. Tamayo participated in the development of "Mixografia®,"
a graphic technique to obtain colored and textured three-dimensional
print on handmade paper. He is one of the best known Latin American
artists. His exhibitions have been in major museums such as
the Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes, México, The Philips
Collection in Washington, The Guggenheim Museum in New York,
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid as well
as important art galleries throughout the world.
(back
to artists links)
