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    The Assassin Artist
    The Assassin Artist
    He was a Mexican social realist painter, a Marxist-Leninist activist, and a leader of the Mexican muralist movement. But he was also a would-be assassin who plotted to kill Leon Trotsky. He was David Alfaro Siqueiros.
    Early life

    Many details of Siqueiros's childhood, including birth date, birthplace, first name and where he grew up, were misstated during his life and long after his death, in some cases by himself. Multiple sources have state… See more

    BornJosé de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros · December 29, 1896 · Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico
    DiedJanuary 6, 1974 (aged 77) · Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
    EducationSan Carlos Academy
    Known forPainting, Muralist
    Early art and politics

    Although many have said that Siqueiros' artistic ventures were frequently "interrupted" by political ones, Siqueiros himself believed the two were intricately intertwined. By 1921, when he wrote his manifesto i… See more

    Artistic career

    In the early 1930s, including his time spent in Lecumberri Prison, Siqueiros produced a series of politically themed lithographs, many of which were exhibited in the United States. His lithograph Head was shown at the 1930 ex… See more

    Attempted assassination of Leon Trotsky

    Before the mural's completion in 1940, however, Siqueiros was forced into hiding and later exiled for his direct involvement in an attempt to assassinate Leon Trotsky, then in exile in Mexico City from the Soviet Union: … See more

    Later life and works

    In 1948, Siqueiros was invited to teach a course on mural painting at an art academy in San Miguel Allende. Although he was barred from the United States, most of the students were American GIs who were being paid t… See more

    Global policy

    He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution. As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt a … See more

    Death

    Siqueiros died in Cuernavaca, Morelos, on January 6, 1974, in the company of Angélica Arenal Bastar, who had been his partner since the Spanish civil war. His remains were interred at the Rotunda of Illustrious P… See more

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