The cover of this enticing publication features a seemingly simple painting by Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991) in which two slices of watermelon are reduced to bold.
Carnival [Carnaval] by Rufino Tamayo, 1936 Smithsonian American Art Museum,Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2017.22 ...
Rufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter and muralist, hailed alongside such giants as Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco, even if his work was quiet and apolitical. An artist ...