Rufino Tamayo Art For Sale

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, Rufino 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.”

Our fine art gallery has the finest quality Rufino Tamayo original prints, lithographs, mixographs, and etchings. We have a large inventory available off-site and we encourage you to make an appointment to see specific works you are looking to collect. We are happy to meet you at either our art gallery showroom or at your home or office for a private presentation.

About Rufino Tamayo

Mexican Artist Rufino Tamayo was born in Oaxaca, Mexico on August 26, 1899. Rufino Tamayo’s Zapotec ancestry, as well as Tamayo’s Mexican heritage, would greatly influence his art including Tamayo’s paintings, etchings, lithographs, and mixographs. Rufino Tamayo was one of the main artists to define modernity in Mexican Art.

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