What type of art did Rufino Tamayo paint?

Rufino Tamayo, Mexican (1899 - 1991) - Nino. Year: 1979, Medium: Mixograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 91/100, Size: 34.25 x 26.38 in. (87 x 66.99 cm), Printer: Taller ...

Rufino Tamayo, Mexican (1899 - 1991) - Hombre con Brazos Abiertos. Year: 1984, Medium: Mixograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 71/100, Size: 35.5 x 26.75 in. (90.17 x 67....

This artwork titled "Nino Con Pajaros" Variant, 1976, is a color etching on Guarro paper by renown Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, 1899-1991. It is hand signed and numbered 40/75 in black crayon by the artist. Published by Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, Spain. The artwork (sheet) size is 29.5 x 22 inches, framed size is 41.25 x 33.75 inches. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Pereda, plate #199 page 169. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with light beige fabric matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually 'mestizo' - of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). He began painting at age 11. Orphaned at the age of 12, Tamayo moved to Mexico City, where he was raised by his maternal aunt who owned a wholesale fruit business. In 1917, he entered the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, but left soon after to pursue independent study. Four years later, Tamayo was appointed the head designer of the department of ethnographic drawings at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City. There he was surrounded by pre-Colombian objects, an aesthetic inspiration that would play a pivotal role in his life. In his own work, Tamayo integrated the forms and tones of pre-Columbian ceramics...

A Surrealist etching by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo of a simple yellow figure against a gray background, staring at the viewer with piercing white eyes. This piece is one of 5 unnum...

A Surrealist etching by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo of a simple yellow figure against a pink background, staring at the viewer with piercing white eyes. This piece is 21 of 99 numb...

A Surrealist etching by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo of a simple yellow figure with a bird beak against a white background, staring at the viewer with piercing white eyes. This piece...