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Rufino Tamayo
Mexican painter, printmaker, and sculptor (–)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arellanes and the second or maternal family name is Tamayo.
Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (August 25, – June 24, ) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.[1][2] Tamayo was active in the midth century in Mexico and New York, painting figurativeabstraction[3][4] with surrealist influences.[1]
Early life
Tamayo was born in Oaxaca, Mexico in to Manuel Arellanes and Florentina Tamayo.[5] His mother was a seamstress and his father was a shoemaker.
His mother died of tuberculosis in [6] His Zapotec heritage is often cited as an early influence.[3]
After his mother's death, he moved to Mexico City to live with his aunt, where he spent a lot of time working alongside her in the city's fruit markets.[7]
While there, he devo