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RUFINO TAMAYO Mexican 1899-1991 Gouache on Paper

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RUFINO TAMAYO Mexican 1899-1991 Gouache on Paper
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Gouache on paper, framed. Featuring an red theme art work. Signed and attr. Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991), on the lower right corner. 19 x 26 cm (7.5 x 10.2 in.). Rufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter and printmaker known for his large-scale murals and vivid use of color. Like Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jose Clemente Orozco, Tamayo helped garner international attention for Mexican art. Influenced by his pre-Columbian heritage as well as Cubism and Surrealism, Tamayo portrayed vernacular subjects like watermelons and animals in a unique formal vocabulary. “Art is a means of expression that must be understood by everybody, everywhere,” he stated. “It grows out of the earth, the textures of our lives, and our experience.” PROVENANCE: Souther Ontario estate