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.
Tamayo in 1945, photo by Carl Van Vechten
Homenaje al Sol (Tribute to the Sun). The intention of this work was to honor the nomads and natives of the Northeast who considered the Sun as a god.
Tamayo Trayectos reopening exhibition of the Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City in the 2012.
1964 painting by Tamayo
Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Oaxaca. It is in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín, extending to the banks of the Atoyac River.
Image: Monte Alban West
Image: El teatro Macedonio Alcalá Oaxaca Mexico
Image: Florecer en Oaxaca
Image: Colonial Oaxaca