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David Alfaro Sisqueiros

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The Resume

    (December 29, 1896-January 6, 1974)
    Born in Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico
    Birth name was Jose David Alfaro Sisqeiros
    Social Realist painter
    Known for his murals and frescoes
    Works include 'Burial of a Worker' (1923), 'Tropical America' (1932), 'Echo of a Scream ' (1937), 'Portrait of the Bourgeoisie' (1940) and 'The People to the University, the University to the People' (1952)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was an unrepentant Stalinist.
    He led a 20-man hit squad in an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Leon Trotsky.
    He may have planned the attack to get back in the Communist Party's good graces after being accused of misappropriating Party funds.
    Trotsky biographer Isaac Deutscher described him as a man for whom 'art, revolution and gangsterism were inseparable.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He certainly did more than pay lip service to his ideals, fighting against the Huerta dictatorship in Mexico and against Franco's fascists in Spain.
    He was frequently jailed for his political activities. (But not, oddly enough, for the attempted murder of Trotsky.)
    While exiled, he taught an art workshop in New York City that was attended by a young Jackson Pollock.
    Fellow artist Jose Revueltas described him as 'titanic as his paintings.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 73 Votes: 65.75% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 97 Votes: 61.86% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 52 Votes: 80.77% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 101 Votes: 75.25% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 87 Votes: 70.11% Annoying