Siqueiros
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- proper noun
- /siˈkeɪrəs/
- And Siqueiros could be great... if he’d pull his head out of his own ass and look around.
- David Alfaro Siqueiros
- Alfaro Siqueiros
Examples
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Siqueiros is a hero to these fucks, but what’s he actually done?
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I tell you, that kid was one of Siqueiros’s boys.
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I actually like the Siqueiros mural!
Blog text (11) -
Go find Siqueiros.
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The Chilean muralists owed a great debt to Pablo Picasso and to the famous Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera.
Academic text (1990) -
I would begin with Rivera in Detroit, then move on to Orozco at Dartmouth and in California, and then to a mysterious Siqueiros in Los Angeles, which I was instructed to find, as well as lost works by Rivera himself: the mural in Rockefeller.
Fiction book (2001) -
His style was heavily influenced by the Mexican muralists, particularly José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, whom he had met in Mexico a few years earlier.
Blog text (15) -
Her activities were promoted by her friendships with politically active Mexican artists, such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
Academic text (1996) -
David Alfaro Siqueiros created many powerful murals that addressed themes of social justice.
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The revolutionary spirit of Siqueiros' murals continues to inspire artists around the world today.
Synonyms
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A Mexican painter famous for large public murals about protest and revolution
Surface Forms
Etymology
Siqueiros is a Spanish family name best known from the Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, who painted large, bold murals of protest and revolution. So today Siqueiros often makes people think of strong public wall paintings and political art.