Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo

Painter

He was born in Oaxaca, Mexico. His father was a shoemaker and his mother a seamstress. His mother died of tuberculosis in 1911. He married Olga Flores in 1934 while painting a mural in Mexico City. From 1937 to 1949, they lived in New York. In 1959, they returned to Mexico permanently and built an art museum in his home town of Oaxaca, called the Museo Rufino Tamayo.

Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo, born 8-5-1899, before becoming well-known in the Painter field, 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. In 1917 his aunt enrolled him at Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas at San Carlos to study art. In 1921, he began working for José Vasconcelos at the Department of Ethnographic Drawings and was later appointed head of the department.

In Painter professional career, while living in New York City in the 1940s, he instructed Helen Frankenthaler (Painter) at the Dalton School. He also met Henri Matisse (Painter) at an exhibition in Brooklyn in 1928.

Helen Frankenthaler

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Henri Matisse

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His contemporaries were José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera (Painter), Oswaldo Guayasamín, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Henri Matisse, and Helen Frankenthaler were also His acquaintances.

José Clemente Orozco

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Diego Rivera

Painter

Oswaldo Guayasamín

Painter

Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo's Life Path Number is 4 as per numerology. The Life Path Number 4 is associated with people who are practical, sensible, pragmatic and rational by nature. They are quite methodical and well ordered apart from being efficient in their essence. It means they have a rational thought process while making any decision in life.

This year, Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo’s personal year number is 3. The personal year number is 3 is outstanding year of strong brain development. Learning something new, a new language, a new degree, .. is the best choice for Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo this year.

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● Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo was born on August 5, 1899 (age 91) in Oaxaca, Mexico
● He is a Celebrity Painter
● His real name is Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo

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