biographie de Rufino TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Birth place: Oaxaca, Mexico
Death place: Mexico
Addresses: Mexico City, Mexico
Profession: Painter
Studied: MoMA; Mus. Art Mod., Paris, France; Mus. Art Mod., Rome, Italy; Mus. Royale, Brussels, Belg.; Philips Mem. Gal., Wash., DC.
Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1923; San Francisco Mus Art, 1953 (solo); Kunsternes Hus Oslo, Norway, 1959 (solo); Phoenix Art Mus, Ariz, 1968 (solo); Biennal Venice; Perl's Gal., NYC, 1970s. Awards: Oficiel Legion d'Honeur, France; Comendator Repub. Italiana; Premio Nac. Mex.
Member: Inst. & Acad. Arts & Lett.; Acad. Arte, Buenos Aires, Arg.; Acad. Diseno, Florence, Italy.
Work: Commissions: murals, Govt. Mex., Palace Fine Arts, Mexico City, 1952, Mus. Nac. Antropologia, Mexico City, 1964 & UN, New York, 1972; murals, Dallas Mus. Fine Arts, 1953 & UNESCO Bldg., Paris, 1958.
Sources: WW73