Rufino Tamayo (1899 - 1991)
1899-08-26Oaxaca, Mexico1991-06-24Mexico City, MexicoMexico
Rufino Tamayo
Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction with surrealist influences.
Date and place of birt: | 26 august 1899, Oaxaca, Mexico |
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Date and place of death: | 24 june 1991, Mexico City, Mexico |
Nationality: | Mexico |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Genre: | Portrait |
Art style: | Modern art, Post War Art, Murallism, Contemporary art |