Artist Maria Izquierdo Aug 18, 2008
Early Studies and Rufino Tamayo. Initially, Izquierdo enrolled at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, but she had an instinctive resistance to too much formal training and gave up the classes soon after. (Suite101.com)
'Mexico at the Museo' Jul 15, 2008
Featured artists include Jos; Ju;rez, Crist;bal de Villalpando, Hermenegildo Bustos, Jos; Mar;a Velasco, Rufino Tamayo, Diego Rivera, Jos; Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Juan Soriano, Jorge Gonz;lez Camarena and Jes;s de la Helguera. In "Escultura Social" (July 31 to Oct. 26, 2008), all aspects of popular culture and their influence on art will be examined. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Eddie Murphy , Britney Spears, Al Gore May 31, 2008
A record price for a Latin American artwork sold at auction was set at Christie's when "Troubadour," a 1945 painting by the Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, was bought by a telephone bidder for $7. 2 million. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Get off the beaten path Feb 23, 2008
Mexico City's finest museums such as the National Museum of Anthropology, the Museum of Modern Art, the Museo Rufino Tamayo and the Museum of Popular Art, are a short walk from the Marquis Reforma Hotel. The hotel offers lovely views over the rooftops of the city and along the famous avenue Paseo de la Reforma. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Magnificent Missing Masterpiece Feb 18, 2008
A painting by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, rescued from the trash, sold for over a million dollars at Sotheby s last week ... Her curiosity got the best of her, and upon contacting Sotheby's (nyse: - - ) in search of more information, Gibson was informed that her painting was a famously missing work by world renowned Mexican artist, Rufino Tamayo, stolen 20 years ago from a warehouse in Houston ... Prices for established artists like Amelia Pelez and Rufino Tamayo illustrate the strength of... (Forbes)
culturally-rich Oaxaca Jan 27, 2008
Before the riots, Oaxaca had a thriving art scene, from museums with artifacts of pre-Hispanic cultures to galleries with the colorful paintings of 20th-century native Rufino Tamayo. As its reputation grew, the area attracted not only painters but also sculptors, writers, musicians and filmmakers, says local artist Rowena Galavitz. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Rufino Tamayo Nov 24, 2007
20th Century Mexican Artist. Short biography of the painter, printmaker and sculptor known for his striking works and large collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts. (Suite101.com)
Painting Found In Trash Sells For $1M Nov 24, 2007
The painting "Tres Personajes" by Rufino Tamayo was discovered in 2003 by Elizabeth Gibson, who spotted it on her morning walk on Manhattan's Upper West Side. She said she took it home because "even though I didn't understand it, I knew it had power.". (WTKR.com, VA)
Painting found in rubbish sells for $US1 million Nov 23, 2007
Tres Personajes' by Rufino Tamayo ... Tres personajes (Three People) - a 1970 work by Rufino Tamayo, one of Mexico's best known artists - was bagged for $US1,049,000 ($A1 ... Tres Personajes' by Rufino Tamayo. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rescued from trash, painting fetches $1 mln Nov 22, 2007
"Tres personajes" ("Three People"), a 1970 work by Rufino Tamayo, was bought for 1,049,000 dollars Sothbeys's auction house said. It had been retrieved from the trash by Elizabeth Gibson, who spotted the work while out walking one morning in 2003. (Xinhuanet, China)
Tamayo painting found in dumpster sells for more than $1M Nov 22, 2007
Tres Personajes, by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, was stolen in 1987 and later left in the garbage in New York City ... The abstract work, Tres Personajes, by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, sold for $1,049,000 USto an unidentifiedU.S. collector Tuesday evening at a Sotheby's auction in New York. (CBC News)
Stolen, dumped painting sold for $1 mn Nov 21, 2007
Tres Personajes' by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo on display at Sotheby's auction house in New York (AFP Photo) ... "Tres personajes" ("Three People") a 1970 work by Rufino Tamayo, one of Mexico's best known artists, was on Tuesday bagged by a telephone bidder for USD 1. (India Times, India)
City, state will pay millions in bias suit Nov 21, 2007
NEW YORK Discarded painting tops $1m at auction NEW YORK - An oil painting by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo that was plucked from a sidewalk trash heap several years ago sold for more than $1 million yesterday at Sotheby's auction of Latin American art. The auction house had estimated that "Tres Personajes" ("Three Personages"), which was stolen from a Houston warehouse in 1977, would sell for between $750,000 and $1 million, but the work ended up selling for $1,049,000 including commission. (Boston Globe)
Stolen, dumped, found, sold: the story of a $1m painting Nov 21, 2007
The 1970 painting Tres Personajes (Three People) by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo was taken from a warehouse where the owners had placed it while moving ... Sotheby's describes the painting as an important work from Rufino Tamayo's mature period. (BBC News -- Americas)
Painting found in trash sells for $1 mn Nov 21, 2007
"Tres personajes" ("Three People") a 1970 work by Rufino Tamayo, one of Mexico's best known artists, was bagged for 1. 049,000 dollars by a north American buyer who fought off a telephone bidder, the auction house said. (India Times)
Mexican artwork found in trash up for auction Nov 21, 2007
The abstract painting Tres Personajes, by Rufino Tamayo, was found lying in trash on the street on Manhattans Upper West Side ... The painting Tres Personajes, by Rufino Tamayo, was discovered in 2003 by Elizabeth Gibson, who spotted it in the trash on her morning walk on Manhattans Upper West Side. (MSNBC -- News)
College's art sale on hold for now in court fight with outraged art lovers Nov 19, 2007
Officials of the private liberal arts college in Lynchburg had hoped to get at least $32 million by auctioning "Trovador" by Rufino Tamayo, "Men of the Docks" by George Bellows, "A Peaceable Kingdom" by Edward Hicks and "Through the Arroyo" by Ernest Hennings. Christie's, however, estimated that the Bellows painting alone could command as much as $35 million, which would be a record for a work of American art sold at auction. (AZCentral -- News)
Curbside masterpiece Oct 30, 2007
It turned out to be a 1970 painting, reported stolen 20 years ago, by the Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo. Experts think the lost masterpiece could fetch 1 million at auction. (Montana Standard, MT)
Infotainment Oct 25, 2007
The treasure that a New York City woman saved from the rubbish a stolen masterpiece by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo is expected to go for as much as $1 million at auction next month. Elizabeth Gibson will get a $15,000 reward for returning Tres Personajes (Three People) to its rightful. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Painting dumped on a New York street could sell for $1m Oct 25, 2007
The 1970 painting Tres Personajes (Three People) by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo was taken from a warehouse where the owners had placed it while moving. It was found by Elizabeth Gibson as she took her morning walk four years ago on Manhattan's Upper West Side. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Painting found in trash could fetch up to $1 mln Oct 25, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The treasure that a New York City woman saved from the trash -- a stolen masterpiece by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo -- is expected to go for as much as 1 million at auction next month. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News)
Stolen masterpiece found on New York street Oct 24, 2007
Tres Personajes (Three People) 1970, by Rufino Tamayo, is regarded as a masterpiece among the Mexican artist's oeuvre. Born in 1899, Tamayo is credited with a distinctive fusion of elements of European and American modernism with ideas from pre-Columbian art. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Stolen painting worth $1 million found in trash Oct 24, 2007
Woman recovered 1970 artwork by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo ... It turned out that it was a 1970 painting by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, titled Tres Personajes (Three People), and had been stolen more than 20 years ago. (MSNBC -- News)
Is it art? Is it trash? In this case, it's both Oct 24, 2007
It turned out that it was a 1970 painting titled Tres Personajes (Three People) by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, whose work has soared in value in recent years. A Houston couple whose names were not disclosed purchased the work, an oil on canvas with marble dust and sand worked into the paint, in 1977. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
$1 million masterpiece found in trash Oct 24, 2007
It turned out that it was a 1970 painting by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, titled "Tres Personajes" (Three People), and had been stolen more than 20 years ago. Gibson said she learned of the work's worth when her research led her to the Web site of "Antiques Roadshow FYI," a companion program to the PBS show "Antiques Roadshow.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Stolen, trashed Mexican artwork worth $1M Oct 24, 2007
It turned out that it was a 1970 painting titled "Tres Personajes" (Three People) by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, whose work has soared in value in recent years ... This image provided by Sotheby's auction house in New York shows the 1970 painting, "Tres Personajes" (Three People), by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo. (AZCentral -- News)
Artwork Found In Trash Could Sell For $1M Oct 23, 2007
NEW YORK -- A painting by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, found lying in trash on the street, could be worth up to $1 million. The passer-by, who had no idea of what she was looking at, picked up the painting and brought it home because "it had a strange power.". (WNBC.com, NY)
Hispanic Cultural Center to host exhibits on Maya textiles Aug 15, 2007
There will be dozens of huipiles (embroidered women's blouses) and paintings by artists such as Carlos Merida and Rufino Tamayo, as well as others inspired by Maya textiles. The exhibition has been at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City, the Meadows Museum in Dallas, The Americas Society in New York City and the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920-1950 Jul 5, 2007
He was the greatest among a large group of artists who wholeheartedly threw themselves into the production of murals and prints such as Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco, Frida Kahlo, and more mythologizing Mexicos past, critiquing its present, and pointing to its future. Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920- 1950, on view in Phoenix Art Museums Steele Gallery July 1, 2007 September 16, 2007, is the first comprehensive exhibition... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Show draws artwork ranging from paper collages to anime Apr 19, 2007
My favorite artist is abstract Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo, who died a few years ago. I would like to advance to abstract someday. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Winner, Best Adapted Landscape Feb 18, 2007
In a rare opportunity for today's Americans to see the works of Rufino Tamayo, a contemporary and sometimes challenger of muralists Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art opened the U.S. debut this weekend of "Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted," the exhibition outside of Mexico in 27 years. Tamayo, "The Fourth Great One," was too young to be a part of the Mexican Muralism movement's heroic phase of the 1920s. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Picasso to Pop: Aspects of Modern Art Dec 28, 2006
By the 1930s and 40s they cast their spell as far as Latin and Central America, influencing the artists Rufino Tamayo, Jess Maria Galvn, and Mario Carreo. Meanwhile, the neo-Romantics, now an often-overlooked movement, were in full stride. (AbsoluteArts.com)
'Paper' weight Nov 24, 2006
Diego Rivera's sensual lithograph, Seated Nude With Raised Arms (Frida Kahlo), represents an intimate, poetic strain in Mexican art that finds later adherents in artists like Rufino Tamayo and Jose Luis Cuevas. Leopoldo Mendez's The Grainaries is emblematic of art about workers, and employs an expressionist approach to suggest the sheer will required to survive toil in the fields. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Goya Painting Stolen Nov 21, 2006
Quick police action, helped by sketches of the thieves, ensured the quick return of 12 stolen Rufino Tamayo canvases, intact, to the gallery in Mexico City. But the Jan. 28 robbery made The Why Files curious: How does science help to solve fraud -- the most popular category of art crime. (Why Files)
With golden hands Nov 10, 2006
Her teachers included Rufino Tamayo, Joseph Presser, George Pippin and Jon Bindrum, among others. "Rufino was a gracious person, but was a lousy teacher," she says. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Viva Zapata! Oct 30, 2006
"These were not slavish reproductions but reinterpretations." Carl Zigrosser, director of the Weyhe Gallery in New York City, was drawn to this excitement and began publishing and distributing the prints of Diego Rivera, Jos; Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo in the United States. Mr. Zigrosser went on to become the first curator of prints at the Philadelphia Museum of art, building up its collection of Mexican prints, as well as his own. (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Art exhibits: Distant relations Oct 6, 2006
The show, which contains 36 works in all, is a sampler, a Jos; Luis Cuevas here and a Rufino Tamayo there. Among them, Cuevas' Self Portrait With Woman, done in ink and watercolor, is the most haunting. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
