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David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros
(born
José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros
, December 29, 1896, in
Chihuahua
- January 6, 1974, in
Cuernavaca
,
Morelos
) was a Mexican
social realist
painter, better known for his large murals in
fresco
. Along with
Diego Rivera
and
José Clemente Orozco
, he established "
Mexican Muralism
." He was a
Marxist-Leninist
in support of Stalin and a member of the
Mexican Communist Party
who participated in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate
Leon Trotsky
in May 1940.
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