Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction with surrealist influences.
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Works in Collection
38 works
Air Mexicain
Rufino Tamayo
1952
Animals
Rufino Tamayo
1941
Bird Watcher
Rufino Tamayo
1950
Declaracion Universal de Derechos Humanos
Rafael Canogar
1984
Ghost
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Ghost
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Girl Attacked by a Strange Bird
Rufino Tamayo
1947
Green Man
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Half Moon
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Head
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Head
Rufino Tamayo
1959
Head
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Head
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Head
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Head of Colossus
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Head of Colossus
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Head with Birds
Rufino Tamayo
1958
Indian Woman
Rufino Tamayo
1959
Man at the Door
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Man in the Doorway #2
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Man in the Sun
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Man with Hat
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Man, Moon and Stars
Rufino Tamayo
1950
Mask
Rufino Tamayo
1964
Exhibitions
29 exhibitionsSep 14, 1936 – Oct 12, 1936
New Horizons in American Art
283 artists · 1 curator
Apr 03, 1940 – Apr 28, 1940
Four American Traveling Exhibitions
54 artists · 1 curator
May 15, 1940 – Sep 30, 1940
Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art
53 artists · 2 curators
May 06, 1941 – Apr 30, 1941
Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
74 artists
Dec 09, 1942 – Jan 24, 1943
Twentieth Century Portraits
159 artists · 1 curator
Mar 31, 1943 – Jun 06, 1943
The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
154 artists · 1 curator
Jul 28, 1943 – Sep 26, 1943
Recent Acquisitions: European and American Paintings and Rugs
10 artists
Feb 16, 1944 – May 10, 1944
Modern Drawings
120 artists · 3 curators
May 24, 1944 – Oct 15, 1944
Painting, Sculpture, Prints
133 artists · 1 curator
Jun 20, 1945 – Feb 13, 1946
The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
174 artists
Feb 19, 1946 – May 05, 1946
The Museum Collection of Painting
67 artists
Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 22, 1946
Paintings from New York Private Collections
37 artists · 1 curator
Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 12, 1954
Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
112 artists · 1 curator
Jul 20, 1948 – Sep 12, 1948
New York Private Collections
30 artists · 1 curator
Aug 29, 1950 – Oct 15, 1950
Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
72 artists · 1 curator
Jun 23, 1953 – Oct 04, 1953
Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 19471953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
100 artists · 2 curators
Sep 08, 1954 – Nov 28, 1954
American Prints of the 20th Century
111 artists · 1 curator
Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955
XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
260 artists
May 31, 1955 – Sep 07, 1955
Paintings from Private Collections
33 artists · 1 curator
Nov 30, 1955 – Feb 22, 1956
Recent Acquisitions
44 artists
Oct 08, 1958
Second Floor Permanent Collection
28 artists
Mar 24, 1960 – Apr 17, 1960
Selections from the Art Lending Service
67 artists
Apr 20, 1960
Fifty Modern Paintings and Sculpture Especially Donated for the Benefit of the 30th Anniversary Fund of The Museum of Modern Art
35 artists · 2 curators
Dec 03, 1960 – Jan 08, 1961
Birds and Beasts from the Museum of Modern Art
26 artists · 2 curators
May 27, 1964
Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
169 artists
Mar 17, 1967 – Jun 04, 1967
Latin-American Art, 19311966, from the Museum Collection
37 artists · 2 curators
Dec 09, 1975 – Mar 07, 1976
A Museum Menagerie
57 artists · 1 curator
Mar 16, 1978 – Jul 02, 1978
Mexican Art
25 artists · 2 curators
May 17, 1984
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
59 artists · 2 curators