Rufino Tamayo 1899 - 1991

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Rufino Tamayo - Cabeza con Sombrero from Rufino Tamayo 15 Aguafuertes 1980
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Prints & Photographs | Bonhams Skinner
May 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 400 - 600 USD
Realised: 2.040 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Mujer con Mallas Negras
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Prints & Photographs | Bonhams Skinner
May 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 500 - 700 USD
Realised: 1.530 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Untitled, from Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos (Homenaje a Fray Bartolomé de las Casas)
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Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples
May 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Realised: 2.423 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Personages with Birds
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Realised: 6.048 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Head on Blue Background
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 5.040 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Profile with Hat
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 4.788 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - La Familia Jugando
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Contemporary Edition: New York: Featuring the Collection of Kenwal Steel in Support of GLAAD
March 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Realised: 10.080 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Personage with Net
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 3.024 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Watermelons, 1969
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Prints & Multiples
March 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 EUR
Realised: 2.805 EUR
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Rufino Tamayo - Girl
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 4.788 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Busto en rojo
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 3.276 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - El Perro Mueve la Cola
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Contemporary Edition: New York: Featuring the Collection of Kenwal Steel in Support of GLAAD
March 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Realised: 3.276 USD
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The artist Rufino Tamayo

  • Mexican painter and graphic artist who spent more than 20 years in the USA.
  • Influenced by Cubism, Surrealism and Expressionism as well as folkloric motifs of Mexican natives.
  • Namesake of the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, which houses Tamayo's collection of modern art.

Rufino Tamayo, born on 26 August 1899 in Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico) as Rufino Arellanes Tamayo, was a Mexican painter and graphic artist with Zapotec ancestry. After the death of his mother he moved to Mexico City, studied there at the Academia de San Carlos from 1915 and from 1917 onwards was a pupil of Leandro Izaguirre and Roberto Montenegro. Four years later, in 1921, he headed the Ethnographic Drawing Department at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia for five years - this is where his interest in pre-Columbian art developed. During an extended stay in New York between 1926 and 1928, Tamayo encountered the modern art of European painters such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Henri Matisse, who had a lasting influence on his own work.

From 1928 to 1930, Tamayo taught at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Mexico City before moving to New York in the 1930s, where he lived for twenty years. His participation in the 1950 Venice Biennale brought him international recognition and he designed several murals for the National Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City as well as for UNESCO in Paris. In 1959, he participated in documenta II and moved back to Mexico the same year, where he founded the Museo Rufino Tamayo for his collection of pre-Columbian art.

In 1981, the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo was opened in Mexico City, where Tamayo's collection of modern art can be found. During his career as an artist, Tamayo's work was exhibited internationally, including at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid), the Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York City). Rufino Tamayo died on 24.06.1991 in Mexico City.

In addition to large-format murals, Rufino Tamayo also experimented with the production of iron and bronze sculptures. His work is characterised primarily by bright, bold colours and textured surfaces with which he depicts his motifs in a symbolic, stylised or semi-abstract manner. Strongly influenced by currents such as Cubism, Surrealism and Expressionism, Tamayo combined the styles of modern European painting with folkloric motifs of Mexican natives in his works. In this way, he set himself apart from Muralismo, a movement that emerged in the 1920s after the Mexican Revolution and was the predominant movement in Mexico at the time.

Der Künstler Rufino Tamayo

  • Mexikanischer Maler und Grafiker, der mehr als 20 Jahre in den USA verbrachte.
  • Geprägt von Kubismus, Surrealismus und folkloristischen Motiven mexikanischer Einwohner.
  • Namensgeber des Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo.

Rufino Tamayo, geboren am 26.08.1899 in Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexiko) als Rufino Arellanes Tamayo, war ein mexikanischer Maler und Grafiker mit zapotekischen Vorfahren. Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter zog er nach Mexiko-Stadt, lernte dort ab 1915 an der Academia de San Carlos und war ab 1917 Schüler von Leandro Izaguirre und Roberto Montenegro. Vier Jahre darauf, im Jahre 1921 leitete er am Museo Nacional de Antropologia fünf Jahre lang die Abteilung für Ethnographische Zeichnung – hier entwickelte sich sein Interesse an präkolumbischer Kunst. Während eines längeren Aufenthalts in New York zwischen 1926 und 1928 begegnete Tamayo der modernen Kunst europäischer Maler wiePablo Picasso, Georges Braque und Henri Matisse, die sein eigenes Schaffen nachhaltig beeinflussten.

Von 1928 bis 1930 lehrte Tamayo in Mexiko-Stadt an der Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, bevor er in den 1930ern nach New York zog, wo er zwanzig Jahre lang wohnte. Seine Teilnahme an der Biennale 1950 in Venedig brachte ihm internationale Anerkennung ein und er designte verschiedene Wandmalereien für den National Palace of Fine Arts in Mexiko-Stadt sowie für die UNESCO in Paris. 1959 nahm er an der documenta II teil und zog im selben Jahr zurück nach Mexiko, wo er für seine Sammlung an präkolumbischer Kunst das Museo Rufino Tamayo gründete.

In Mexiko-Stadt wurde 1981 dann Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo eröffnet, in welchem Tamayos Sammlung moderner Kunst zu finden ist. Im Verlauf seiner Künstlerkarriere wurden Tamayos Werke international ausgestellt, darunter im Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid), in der Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.) und im Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York City). Rufino Tamayo starb am 24.06.1991 in Mexiko-Stadt.

Neben großformatigen Wandmalereien experimentierte Rufino Tamayo auch mit der Fertigung von Eisen- und Bronzeskulpturen. Seine Arbeit zeichnet sich vor allem durch leuchtende, kräftige Farben und texturierte Oberflächen aus, mit denen er seine Motive auf symbolische, stilisierte oder semiabstrakte Weise darstellt. Stark beeinflusst von Strömungen wie dem Kubismus, Surrealismus und Expressionismus kombinierte Tamayo in seinen Werken die Stile moderner europäischer Malerei mit folkloristischen Motiven mexikanischer Ureinwohner. Damit grenzte er sich zum Muralismo ab, einer Bewegung, die in den 1920ern nach der Mexikanischen Revolution entstand und im Mexiko seiner Zeit die vorherrschende Strömung war.

Rufino Tamayo - Profile in Yellow
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 3.780 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Hombre sacando la lengua
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Latin American Art
March 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Realised: 441.000 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Mujer tras un vidrio
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Latin American Art
March 2023
Christies, New York
Est.: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Realised: 567.000 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Figure in Red
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 3.780 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Luna y Sol
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Prints & Multiples
March 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 5.000 - 7.000 USD
Realised: 6.375 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Torso Blanco
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Prints & Multiples
March 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 3.000 - 4.000 USD
Realised: 3.570 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Sandías
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Prints & Multiples
March 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 5.000 - 8.000 USD
Realised: 8.288 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Mujer en Negro, from Rufino Tamayo 15 litografías 1973
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Prints & Multiples
March 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 1.500 - 2.000 USD
Realised: 1.913 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Pastèque #1
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Prints & Multiples
March 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 2.500 - 3.500 USD
Realised: 3.188 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Profile of a Man
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Prints & Multiples
March 2023
Bonhams
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Realised: 2.295 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Protest
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 3.276 USD
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Rufino Tamayo - Man at the Window
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Latin American Art Online
March 2023
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 3.780 USD
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