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Born December 5, 1958 • Múzquiz • Mexico
Died August 4, 2006 (aged 47) • Mexico
Movement / Style Neo-Expressionism
Julian Schnabel, 2008.
Julian Schnabel
American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and filmmaker
Sigmar Polke: Girlfriends (Freundinnen)
Sigmar Polke
German artist
A.R. Penck
German artist and musician
Anselm Kiefer
German painter
David Salle
American artist
Georg Baselitz: Armalamor
Georg Baselitz
German artist
Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente
Italian artist
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter
José Clemente Orozco
Mexican painter
Leonora Carrington
English-born Mexican painter and sculptor
Diego Rivera, seated in front of a mural depicting the American “class struggle,” 1933.
Diego Rivera
Mexican painter
Juan O'Gorman: Retablo de la independencia
Juan O’Gorman
Mexican architect and muralist
Rufino Tamayo, 1965.
Rufino Tamayo
Mexican artist
Cristóbal de Villalpando
Mexican painter
Mosaic mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1952–53, on the Central Administration Building at University City, Mexico City. Barely visible to the right in the background is a mosaic by Juan O'Gorman, 1951–53, on the library.
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Mexican painter
Doctor Atl
Mexican painter and writer
Miguel Covarrubias
Mexican painter and writer
Edmond Goncourt
French author
Homer Watson
Canadian painter
Joseph Severn
artist

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