El Grito
Artist:
David Alfaro Siqueiros
(Mexican, 1896-1974)
Date: 1931
Medium: Encaustic on burlap
Dimensions:
42 1/4 × 34 in. (107.3 × 86.4 cm)
Framed: 62 3/8 × 48 1/2 in. (158.4 × 123.2 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Robert J. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation
Object number: 96.51
Copyright: © David Alfaro Siqueiros / Artists Rights Society, NY
Label Text
David Alfaro Siqueiros was one of “Los Tres Grandes” (“the three great ones”) of Mexican muralism, along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. His commitment to Marxist-Leninist ideology had a tremendous influence on his work, as evidenced by the themes of human struggle that he frequently conveyed in his murals, paintings, and prints. In El Grito, Siqueiros invokes a sense of anguish coming from the subject of the painting, indicated by their open mouth, furrowed brow, and the pained expression in their eyes.
(LA, 2019)
(LA, 2019)
On view
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