Definition of Siqueiros

1. Noun. Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974).

Exact synonyms: David Alfaro Siqueiros, David Siqueiros
Generic synonyms: Painter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Siqueiros

Sion
Siouan
Siouan-speaking
Siouan language
Sioux
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Sipah-e-Sahaba
Siphona irritans
Siphonaptera
Sippar
Sipple
Sipple's syndrome
Sippy
Sipuncula
Siqueiros (current term)
Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Sir Alec Guinness
Sir Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Sir Alexander Robertus Todd
Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Angus Wilson
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
Sir Anthony Vandyke
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur John Evans

Literary usage of Siqueiros

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Charis: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr by Sara Anderson Immerwahr, Anne Proctor Chapin (2004)
"Siqueiros, while in Barcelona in 1921, issued a manifesto on behalf of an artists' trade union, the Syndicate of Technical Workers and Sculptors. ..."

2. Hollywood & the Best of Los Angeles Alive! by Robert White, Phyllis White (2002)
"In 1932 the Mexican Revolutionary soldier, communist and painter David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint an outdoor mural in Olvera Street with the ..."

3. Mexico by Claude Hervé-Bazin (2000)
"Siqueiros Polyforum To the south of the city. along Avenida Insurgentes. the Poly- forum is part of a vast complex of a somewhat disconcerting modernity. ..."

4. A Few Kind Words about Hate: The Dark Side of Family Life and the Bible by Una Stannard (2007)
"During the Spanish Civil War David Siqueiros painted a picture of a wailing ... Siqueiros called the painting Echo of a Scream, as if he wanted the baby's ..."

5. Teaching The Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12 by Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar (2005)
"After recording the kids' initial questions, we introduced works by three prominent Mexican muralists, Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros, and Jose Clemente ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1902)
"Afterwards the shaft was denounced by two shareholders, one of whom, Don Augustin Siqueiros, repaired the whim, but did nothing ..."

7. The Geography and Resources of Arizona and Sonora: An Address Before the by Sylvester Mowry (1863)
"Siqueiros Brothers worked the mine, but abandoned it later, on account of suffocation, caused by their having worked the shafts and drifts in a very narrow ..."

8. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"(The other two are Siqueiros, whose characters take on a similar appearance to Orozco's, and Diego Rivera, who did the intricate and sardonic murals that ..."

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