RUFINO TAMAYO

- RUFINO DEL CARMEN ARELLANES TAMAYO -

Oaxacan and Zapotec, 1899-1991

Rufino Tamayo, along with other muralists such as Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros, represented the twentieth century in their native country of Mexico. After the Mexican Revolution, Tamayo devoted himself to creating a distinct identity in his work. He expressed what he envisioned as the traditional Mexico and eschewed the overt political art of such contemporaries as José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, Oswaldo Guayasamín and David Alfaro Siqueiros. He disagreed with these muralists in their belief that the revolution was necessary for the future of Mexico but considered, instead, that the revolution would harm Mexico.