biography
| name: |
Siqueiros, David Alfaro
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pronunciation:
[sikayros]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1896–1974)
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| biography:
| Mural painter, born in Chihuahua, N Mexico. He helped to launch the review El Machete in Mexico City in 1922, and was imprisoned for revolutionary activities (1930). He was later expelled from the USA, and during the 1930s worked in South America. One of the principal figures in 20th-c Mexican mural painting, he was notable for his experiments with modern synthetic materials. |
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