Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction with surrealist influences. Wikipedia
Born: August 25, 1899, Oaxaca, Mexico
Died: June 24, 1991 (age 91 years), Mexico City, Mexico
Periods: Surrealism, Cubism, Modernism, and more
Parents: Ignacio Arellanes and Florentina Tamayo
Influenced by: María Izquierdo, José Vasconcelos, and Carlos Chávez
Spouse: Olga Tamayo (m. 1934)
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