Rufino Tamayo

Mexican | 1899 - 1991

Rufino Tamayo was a Mexican Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1899. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museo Tamayo have featured Rufino Tamayo's work in the past.Rufino Tamayo's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 27 USD to 7,209,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 7,209,000 USD for Trovador, (also known as The Troubadour), sold at Christie's New York in 2008. Rufino Tamayo has been featured in articles for Miami Herald, The Art Newspaper and Contemporary Art Society. The most recent article is Merida, Rivera, and Dieguez Highlight Moran's Latin American Art + Design Sale written for ArtDaily in April 2024. The artist died in 1991.

Artist's alternative names: Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo

OFRENDA DE FRUTAS, 1987

oil and sand on canvas

55 1/8 by 68 7/8 in

THE BIRD CHARMER (ENCANTADOR DE PÁJAROS) - Rufino Tamayo

THE BIRD CHARMER (ENCANTADOR DE PÁJAROS), 1945

oil on canvas

60 1/4 by 50 1/4 in.

Maestros cantores, 1949

oil on canvas

33 1/2 x 27 5/8 in. (85.1 x 70.2 cm.)

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At Auction

Upcoming Lots

Femme en mauve, from Las Mujeres

By Rufino Tamayo

Bonhams New York

Figura en ocre

By Rufino Tamayo

Bonhams New York

Mujer temblorosa

By Rufino Tamayo

Bonhams New York

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Available Artworks

Mujer Temblorosa

By Rufino Tamayo

John Moran Auctioneers, Inc.

Recent Auction Results

Familia jugando

By Rufino Tamayo

-23%

below mid-estimate

Gimau

Rufino Tamayo early etching Hombre Contemplando la Luna

By Rufino Tamayo

+83%

above mid-estimate

Concept Art Gallery - Auctions

Figure

By Rufino Tamayo

Maison Verneuil

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Current Exhibitions

Art A to Z

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

Pasadena | Los Angeles | California | USA

Mar 03,2024 - May 18,2024

Serenity and Revolution

Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA)

Santa Barbara | California | USA

Feb 25,2024 - May 26,2024

Surrealism at the Harn: A Centennial Celebration

Harn Museum of Art

Gainesville | Florida | USA

Dec 09,2023 - Jun 02,2024

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Articles

Five Rediscovered Paintings That Sold for More than a Million Dollars

The National 29/04/2024

Gustav Klimt's hidden masterpiece isn't the only resurfaced artwork to sell for a pretty price in the 21st century

The Paradoxes of Internationalism (As Narrated by the Museo Tamayo Collection). Part II

Art Nexus 20/04/2024

The exhibition celebrates the 125th anniversary of Rufino Tamayo by exploring his legacy in creating Mexico's first international art museum and collection.

Inside the cutting-edge collection of Rosa de la Cruz, who ‘saw into the future of what art could be’

Christie's Daily 18/04/2024

Drawn to daring artists from Ana Mendieta to Hernan Bas long before they achieved worldwide acclaim, the Miami maven set global market trends.

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Coverage

“ ..Tamayo’s approach to the figure became more fractured, schematic, and abstract as he internalized the lessons of Picasso’s art... ”
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Smithsonian American Art Museum

“ ..Tamayo’s work is distinguished by its mythical quality, astute use of color, abstracted figures, Surrealist imagery, and bold compositions... ”
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Figge Art Museum

“ ..Known for his vibrant paintings, Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) was also an accomplished and prolific printmaker, creating prints alongside paintings for the entirety of his career... ”
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Phoenix Art Museum

“ ..Tamayo’s preferred print technique was lithography, but in the 1970s he invented a new printing method he called mixografia , a means of using mixed media in the printing process to create works with pronounced... ”
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Phoenix Art Museum

“ .. Rufino Tamayo’s lushly colored paintings portraying modern Mexican subjects earned him widespread acclaim as an artist who balanced universal themes with a local sensibility... ”
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Smithsonian American Art Museum