New York From The Roof Garden By Rufino Tamayo

Tamayo also must have hopped the train a few times to coney island.

New york from the roof garden by rufino tamayo.

Like many of his mexican contemporaries he considered his. Tamayo came of age during the cultural renaissance that followed the mexican revolution 1910 1920. Rufino del carmen arellanes tamayo august 25 1899 june 24 1991 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.

Rufino tamayo peter a. Name rufino tamayo born oaxaca mexico. The smithsonian opens new exhibit in washington d c focusing on mexican artist rufino tamayo s time in new york. New york from the roof garden.

Rufino tamayo 1899 1991 one of the most celebrated artists of the twentieth century formed many of his ideas about art during his extended sojourns in new york city between 1926 and 1949. Juley son collection smithsonian american art museum j0048185. The new york years is the first exhibition to explore the influences between this major mexican modernist and the american art world. Tamayo s zapotec heritage is often cited as an early influence.

New york city sparked mexican artist rufino tamayo s imagination during his early visits in the 1920s and 1930s. External link http. Access to the full image is restricted. At the time manhattan was a burgeoning new hub for the art world that welcomed artists from all over and supported cross cultural exchanges.