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Fan account of Rufino Tamayo, a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, known for painting figurative abstraction with surrealist influences. 1899-1991 Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 14h

Woman with a Bird Cage www.artic.edu/artworks/44084

Gift of Joseph Winterbotham Collection

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 18h

Watermelons www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/wa…

Watermelons

Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Figure in Illuminated Doorway www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

© D.R. Rufino Tamayo / Herederos / México. Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo, A.C.

Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Head www.moma.org/collection/works/70027

Gift of Marvin Small

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Head www.artic.edu/artworks/17833

Bequest of Hedwig B. Schniewind

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Frutero vacio www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/fr…

Frutero vacio

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Transparent Man www.moma.org/collection/works/76850

Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Desnudo en naranja collections.artsmia.org/art/55499

Desnudo en naranja

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Man, Moon, and Stars www.artic.edu/artworks/111100

Print and Drawing Club Fund

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Woman with Pineapple www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/wo…

Woman with Pineapple

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Woman www.moma.org/collection/works/79422

Estate of John Hay Whitney

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Scoffer collections.artsmia.org/art/10549

head of man in Cubist style, sticking out his tongue and thumbing his nose; red, pink, greys, black, olive, blue

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mujer india collections.artsmia.org/art/55493

These colors may not recall the typical Mexican palette, but they are Mexican nonetheless. They are the paint colors that villagers use on their houses, Rufino Tamayo says. "These are very cheap colors, the only ones the people can afford." This synthesis of old and new Mexico marks Tamayo's work. As a young man in 1921 he was head of the ethnographic drawing department at Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology. His office was in the middle of the pre-Columbian collections. That and his Zapotec Indian parentage led to a personal style of primitivism. His highly textured figures, says one critic, have a "flayed, corroded, vibrating look."

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Man at the Door www.moma.org/collection/works/76865

Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Profile of a Man www.moma.org/collection/works/76844

Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Animals www.moma.org/collection/works/79030

Inter-American Fund

Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Man in the Sun www.moma.org/collection/works/76873

Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mujer collections.artsmia.org/art/55486

Mujer

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nina a la puerta collections.artsmia.org/art/55494

Nina a la puerta

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Head of Colossus www.moma.org/collection/works/76870

Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Man Searching the Heavens www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gershinowitz

© Rufino Tamayo / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Retrato de Olga www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/re…

Retrato de Olga

Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mujeres en reposo www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/mu…

Mujeres en reposo

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Friend of the Birds www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/fr…

Friend of the Birds

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Howling Wolves www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

© D.R. Rufino Tamayo / Herederos / México. Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo, A.C.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Mujer en gris www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/mu…

Mujer en gris

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hombre en negro collections.artsmia.org/art/55490

Rufino Tamayo's renowned skill as a colorist has roots in his childhood. He was orphaned at age 12 and went to live in Mexico City with an aunt who sold tropical fruit in the market. Tamayo helped in her colorful shop. Later, uncomfortable with the nationalistic fervor surrounding the mural program, he would often leave Mexico to live in New York and Paris. Seeing Picasso's work influenced him greatly. When Tamayo did paint murals, they tended toward symbolism-in the spirit of the figure here-rather than the picturesque imagery of his contemporaries.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Untitled www.artic.edu/artworks/77061

Print and Drawing Club Fund

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Fruit Vendor www.artic.edu/artworks/61956

Bequest of Elizabeth F. Chapman

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cabeza (Lunático) collections.artsmia.org/art/55488

Cabeza (Lunático)

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Watermelons www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/wa…

Watermelons

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Landscape www.artic.edu/artworks/24661

Gift of Dr. John J. Ireland

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Troubadour www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/th…

The Troubadour

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Death on a Pale Horse, from Apocalypse of Saint John collections.artsmia.org/art/44282

Rufino Tamayo tried to move past the nationalist themes favored by the generation of Mexican artists that preceded him and toward more universal ones. While working in France in 1959, he produced a series of lithographs illustrating the chapters of the New Testament book of Revelation, Saint John the Divine’s vision of things to come. Included were images of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse: Conquest, War, Famine, and Death. Death is front and center here. "I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth." (Revelation 6:8) Death displays consummate horsemanship, riding without saddle or reins, but his steed seems a little spooked. Perhaps Hades is gaining on them'

Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Woman in Mauve www.artic.edu/artworks/34681

Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Ricketts

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Man with Hat www.moma.org/collection/works/76817

Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Three People www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/th…

Three People

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Children Playing with Fire www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/ni…

Children Playing with Fire

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Conquest, from The Apocalypse of Saint John www.artic.edu/artworks/17837

Bequest of Hedwig B. Schniewind

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mask www.moma.org/collection/works/76841

Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

María Izquierdo www.artic.edu/artworks/55501

Gift of Frances A. Elkins

Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Profile of a Man www.moma.org/collection/works/76832

Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Coyote www.artic.edu/artworks/77063

Print and Drawing Club Fund

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Moon and Sun www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/mo…

Moon and Sun

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ninos www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/ni…

Ninos

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Woman with Pineapple www.moma.org/collection/works/78707

Gift of friends of the artist

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ghost www.moma.org/collection/works/76820

Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Woman with Red Mask www.wikiart.org/en/rufino-tamayo/th…

The Woman with Red Mask

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Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Two Women www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

© D.R. Rufino Tamayo / Herederos / México. Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo, A.C.

Rufino Tamayo @rufinotamayo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Indian Woman www.moma.org/collection/works/70004

Gift of Marvin Small

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