Alfredo Zalce

Alfredo Zalce Torres was a Mexican artist and contemporary of Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros and other better-known muralists. He worked principally as a painter, sculptor, and engraver, also taught, and was involved in the foundation of a number of institutions of culture and education. He is perhaps best known for his mural painting, typically imbued with "fervent social criticism". He is acclaimed as the first artist to borrow the traditional material of coloured cement as the medium for a "modern work of art". Publicity-shy, he is said to have turned down Mexico's Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes before finally accepting it in 2001. Before his death, Sotheby's described him as "the most important living Mexican artist up to date".

Works in Collection

15 works

Aqueduct Dwellers (Acueductos habitados)

Alfredo Zalce

1941

Bus Drivers and Shopkeepers

Alfredo Zalce

1942

Calendar sheet for the Worker's University of Mexico (Uni...

Raúl Anguiano

1938

Conflict in Zócalo (Lucha en el Zócalo)

Alfredo Zalce

1940

Demonstration of Bootblacks (Manifestación de boleros)

Alfredo Zalce

1940

Fish Market (Pescadería) from AGPA 73: Pan American Graph...

Alfredo Zalce

1973

Hammock

Alfredo Zalce

1945

Invitation to Subscribe to "La Hoja Popular Ilustrada"

Alfredo Zalce

c. 1938

Piruli

Alfredo Zalce

1939

Posada and his Skeletons

Alfredo Zalce

1948

Pottery Vendor

Alfredo Zalce

1941

Skeletons (Calaveras)

Alfredo Zalce

1941

The Laughter of the People (La risa del pueblo)

Alfredo Zalce

1939

The USSR is defending the Freedom of the World. Let's Hel...

Alfredo Zalce

1941

Visit to the Museum (Visita museo)

Alfredo Zalce

1942

Exhibitions

6 exhibitions

May 15, 1940 – Sep 30, 1940

Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art

53 artists · 2 curators

Mar 31, 1943 – Jun 06, 1943

The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

154 artists · 1 curator

May 10, 1949 – Jul 10, 1949

Master Prints from the Museum Collection

132 artists · 2 curators

Sep 08, 1954 – Nov 28, 1954

American Prints of the 20th Century

111 artists · 1 curator

Jul 01, 1971 – Sep 27, 1971

The Artist as Adversary

140 artists · 1 curator

Mar 16, 1978 – Jul 02, 1978

Mexican Art

25 artists · 2 curators