DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROSMexican Muralist1896-1974

Niñez• Given name “José David”

• Changed to David • 2 siblings• Mom died at age 4, Dad

sent children to GP’s• Rebellious from a young

age• Joined sister to fight against

Dad’s religious views• Age 15- joined student strike

at school • Age 18- joined army to take

down president Huerta• Travels around Mexico

exposed him to culture/poverty

Influences • Politics (intertwined)

• Marxism• Revolution

• Orozco, Rivera• All hired to ‘expose the

masses to art in public’ • Oppression of the

working class

Run-ins with the Law • Sent into exile for

the attempted assassination of Leon Trotsky

• 1960- arrested for trying to kill the president

• Additional arrests for protesting for equal rights for workers

• Jail for 4 years for supporting Railroad workers union

Echo of a Scream- 1937

Lithographs • Process of printing images

• Used for modern day books, maps, newspapers, posters, etc.

• A thin metal/aluminum plateis treated with a chemical

• The plate is then etched into• Ink is then placed on plate

• Ink repels where chemical is, butsticks to plate where chemical wasetched away.