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Rufi
noTamay o( August25,1899 DICTI
ONARIES(
5point
s)
– June24,1991) (3 )wasa
Mexican pai nter of Zapot ec
heri
tage, born i n Oaxaca de her i
tage
Juárez, Mexico. Tamay o was
acti
veint hemi d-20thcenturyin
Mexico and New Yor k,painti
ng
fi
gurati
ve abst ract
ion wi
th NewYork
surr
eali
stinf
luences.

Tamayowasbor ninOaxaca(5) ,
Mexico in 1899 t o par ents
ManuelArel
lanesandFl or
entina
Tamayo(7 ) .Hismotherwasa
seamstr
essandhi sf
atherwasa seamst r
ess
shoemaker
. shoemaker
Afterhi
spar ents'deat
h,Tamay o aunt
mov edtoMexi coCitytol
ivewith
hi
saunt ,wherehespental otof
ti
mewor ki
ngalongsideherinthe
cit
y'sf ruitmar ket s(1 ) .Whi l
e
there, he dev ot ed hi mselft o
helpinghi sfamilywi tht hei
rsmal l
business.Howev er,afterawhi le,Escuela Nacionalde Art
es Pl
ást
icas
Tamay o's auntenr oll
ed him at SanCar l
os
Escuel a Naci onal de Ar tes
PlasticasatSanCar l
osi n1917t o Cubism
study ar t
. As a st udent, he
exper i
ment ed wi h and was I
t mpressi
onism
i
nf l
uenced by Cubism,Fauvi sm
Impr essionism andFauv i
sm,(2)
among ot her popul ar ar t
mov ement soft het ime,butwi th
adist i
nctlyMexi canf eel. Pal
acioNacionaldeBel
l
asArt
es

In 1948,Tamay o'sfir
stmaj or
ret
rospect ive was hel d at t he
PalaciodeBel l
asAr tesinMexi co
Cit
y . Al though hi s posi ti
ons
remai ned cont rover
sial
, hi s
popular i
ty was high. remai
ned
Uncomf ortabl
e with t he
continuing polit
icalcont r
oversy ,
Tamay oandOl gamov edtoPar i
s portr
ayi
ng
i
n 1949 ( 4 )wher et hey
remai nedf ort
henextdecade.

Tamay oal soenj oyedpor tr

ay i
ng
womeni nhi spaint i
ngs.Hi sear ly
wor ks included many nudes,a st r
uggles
subject whi
ch eventually
disappear ed in hi sl at
ercar eer.
Howev er,he of ten pai nted his“ Rufi
noandOlga”port
rai
t
wifeOl ga,showi ngherst ruggles
throughcol orchoi cesandf acial
expr essi
ons. The shared
diff
iculti
es ofpai nterand wi f
e
canbeseeni nthepor t
raitRuf i
no “Naci
mi ent
odelanaci
onali
dad”mur
al
andOl ga,ci r
ca1934,wher et he
coupl e appear sbr oken byl ife'
s
obst
acl
es.

Tamay o also painted murals,

some of whi ch are di
spl
ayed
et
hni
c
i
nsidePalacioNacionaldeBell
as
Art
esoper ahouseinMexicoCity,bl
ood
such as Naci miento de l a
nacional
i
dad ( Bir
th of t he
Nati
onali
ty,1952)(6)
“
Lionandhor
se”pai
nt
Other i nfl
uences came f rom
Tamay o's culturalher itage.One
cansayt hatTamay owasoneof nour i
shed
the few ar t
ists ofhi s er a who
enjoyed Mexico's et hnic
dif
ferences. He enj oy ed t he
fusionofSpani sh-
Mexi can-Indi an
(8 )bl oodandt hati sshowni n
someofhi sar tpieces.I n Li on
andHor se( 1942),Tamay oused
pre-Col
umbi ancer ami cs.Tamay o
waspr oudofhi sMexi cancul ture
because hi s cul ture nour ished
him and,by t rav
eling t o ot her
countri
es,hi sl ovef orMexi co
becamegr eater.

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