David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican social realist painter and muralist born in 1896 who helped establish the Mexican Muralism movement alongside Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco. He portrayed his political ideology in his art and was actively involved in the Mexican Revolution and communist politics, for which he was often imprisoned by the Mexican government. Siqueiros painted large, dynamic murals on public buildings in Mexico that conveyed social and political messages through dramatic use of light, shadow, and composition.

1. DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS
Roqeeb Giwa
LatinAmerica
Mr. Ensdorf
5/7/2014

2. David Alfaro Siqueiros
 December 29, 1896 January 6, 1974.
 A Mexican social realist painter and
muralist whose art portrayed his
political ideology.
 He alongside Diego Rivera and Jose
Clemente Orozco established the
"Mexican Muralism.“
 He was involved in the political
conflicts of the Mexican Revolution
serving as a soldier, demonstrator,
and protestor.
 Siqueiros was a member of the
communist party.
 Siqueiros painted his frescos on
national public attraction and places

3. Personal Politics/Cultural
issues
 Siqueiros wasn't afraid to bring art to his
political work.Which is the reason why he
was hated by the Mexican government.
 Siqueiros joined the Mexican communist
party
 During the 1920s and early 1930s Siqueiros
was jailed often for his political work.
 In the 1930s, Siqueiros came to the United
States and worked in Los Angeles where he
opened up a school for young artists
included young Jackson Pollock
 Siqueiros‘ involvement with the
Communist party was so deep and his love
for Stalin was so strong that in 1940
Siqueiros led an attack on the home of
LeonTrotsky, a traitor of the communist
party.

4. Stylistic Elements of David
Alfaro Siqueiros
 Siqueiros’s large murals are in
government buildings in Mexico.
 His murals are distinguished by great
dynamism and compositional movement,
monumental size and vigor, sculptural
treatment of forms, and a limited color
range that is subordinated to dramatic
effects of light and shadow.
 Siqueiros created thousands of square
meters of wall paintings in which a great
amount of social, political, and industrial
changes were displayed in the paintings.
 He did many easel paintings.

5. Enslavement by David Alfaro
Sequeiros
 This picture represents
how the people of
Mexico were enslaved to
the Europeans and how
Siqueiros himself is
enslaved to Mexico. He is
not able to express
himself and his beliefs in
his paintings, which is
why he was sent to
prison by the Mexican
government when he
tried to express himself.