Tamayo

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"Inspired by folk, pre-Columbian, and Cubist art, Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) illuminates the beauty and mystery of his homeland with a vibrant palette and an extraordinary imagination in this stunning monograph. Unlike the clearly nationalistic paintings by contemporaries such as Diego Rivera, Jos Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Tamayo's art encompasses mythical beasts, tropical fruits, Mexican folklore, and the whole of the human experience. The influence of his three homes -- Mexico, Paris, and New York -- is evident in his luminous color, sophisticated compositions, and inventive exploration of Mexican identity. However, Tamayo did not become extremely well known in the United States until after an exhibition of his work at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., in 1978, followed by a major retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in 1979. The popularity of Mexican art has grown enormously in the last decade; Tamayo's work has commanded impressive prices at auction and is now in a number of important international collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Lavishly illustrated with more than 230 images, including oil paintings, drawings, personal photographs, and other memorabilia, Tamayo explores the myths, legends, and dreams of one of Mexico's most revered artists. More than 230 illustrations and photographs"

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Fabulous Tamayo book!
Beautiful 128-page book containing ENGLISH text discussing Tamayo's life and work, followed by page after gorgeous page of his paintings -- nearly 100 pages of Tamayo's colorful, symbolic and naturalistic works.

2009-03-20 (St. Paul, MN United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Tamayo's Impeccable Charm
Despite this books biting price, this collection of works and interviews is a piece of art by its self. Teresa del Conde's book has achieved a level of completeness neverbefore reached by a collection of the late Tamayo's work. I have looked for many a good book on the subject and this is, by far, my favorite. If you want a mediocre jumble of art, buy some other book on Rufino, but if you want a quality biography and collection there is only one book that stands out, Tamayo.

2005-11-27 | Helpful Votes: 7 | Rating: 5

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The Prints Of Rufino Tamayo (Artes Visuales Turner)

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This bilingual (English-Spanish) catalogue raisonné of Rufino Tumayo's prints will reproduce in color every print--including xylographies, lithographies, silkscreens, artist's books, and the late mixographies--ever made by the great Mexican artist. Tamayo made approximately 320 prints between 1925 and 1991. Many of them were made using different inks, and these ink colors are respected in the catalogue's printing; in several cases, the printing processes themselves will also be reproduced. Comprehensive and expert commentary is made on each print regarding print-run, workshop, and publisher. This project has taken the Tamayo Museum and Foundation in Mexico City almost ten years of research to complete.

Edited by Juan Carlos Pereda.~Essays by Ramiro Martínez and Raquel Tibol.

Clothbound, 8.5 x 12.25 in./460 pgs / 320 color.

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Customer Reviews

a product never received.
I tried to purchase this product twice from Amazon HOWEVER on both occasions I was sent the wrong item. Instead,I was sent Tamayo's Catalogue Raisonne. I have given up trying to order this book from Amazon.

2009-05-11 (california) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted

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Rufino Arellanes Tamayo was a leading Modernist who brought Mexico international acclaim through his development of a new form of abstract figuration, that ultimately made him one of the most recognized and respected painters of the twentieth century. A Zapotecan Indian born in the state of Oaxaca in 1889, he was exposed as a young man to the cultural wealth of pre-Colombian Mexico while working as a draftsman at the National Museum of Archeology in Mexico City. While his contemporaries Siqueiros, Rivera and Orozco were advocating art with a message, often political, Tamayo's work focused on plastic forms integrated with a masterful use of colors and textures. Early in his creative life, Tamayo kept strict linear perspective, and later he explored Cubist issues, but in the end he created a style that was all his own, participating in the development of "Mixografia," a graphic technique used to obtain colored and textured three-dimensional printing on handmade paper. Published on the occasion of the first major U.S. exhibition of Tamayo’s work in nearly 30 years, curated by Diana C. du Pont with Juan Carlos Pereda, Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted offers a comprehensive view of the artist’s work throughout his life, accompanied by eight wide-ranging essays featuring fresh new readings from top scholars. This detailed study of Tamayo’s creative methodology is the most complete book on the artist to be published in more than 10 years.

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Customer Reviews

What no reviews yet?
I was much surprised that this gorgeous, heavy edition hasnt got no review yet..I couldnt report about the text, Ive just received it today, and Im very excited with what Ive got.
I hope to be posting about the text on comments soon.

By comparison this edition would be the equivalent of Matisse's retrospective by John Elderfield on Tamayo: the colour reproductions are good, there are small photos of the master, newspapers of the period, biografic data, but nothing that would interfere with the main focus wich is to show a wide range of Tamayos OIL works on generous reproductions.

There are quite some reproductions on Picasso, Leger, Rousseau, Bacon and others on wide known works. This I never think is really necessary, here wasnt necessary at full colour on page's size.

This book it is not confortable to handle because of its weight and a little restraint on its visual design, while not compromising the present reproductions on Tamayos works, would have it deserve a 5 stars rating from this buyer.
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2009-05-12 (Ouro Preto, Brazil) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

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Rufino Tamayo

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Rufino Tamayo, pinturas: Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 29 de junio-3 de octubre, 1988 (Spanish Edition)

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Rufino Tamayo, Myth and Magic.

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