Arnold Belkin
Canadian · 1930–1992 · Painter, Sculptor
Arnold Belkin was a Canadian-Mexican painter credited for continuing the Mexican muralism tradition at a time when many Mexican painters were shifting away from it. Born and… (Wikipedia)
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La familiaMorton Subastas · MX$180,000≈ $8,849≈ £7,028≈ €8,445Sign up to see
Los amantes IIIMorton Subastas · MX$80,000≈ $4,299≈ £3,180≈ €3,682Sign up to see
Presagios de una guerra #1, Monstruo sin cabezaMorton Subastas · MX$50,000≈ $2,711≈ £2,020≈ €2,309Sign up to see
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Arnold Belkin was a Canadian-Mexican painter credited for continuing the Mexican muralism tradition at a time when many Mexican painters were shifting away from it. Born and raised in western Canada, he trained as an artist there but was not drawn to traditional Canadian art. Instead he was inspired by images of Diego Rivera's work in a magazine to move to Mexico when he was only eighteen. He studied further in Mexico, focusing his education and his career mostly on murals, creating a type of work he called a "portable mural" as a way to adapt it to new architectural style. He also had a successful career creating canvas works as well with several notable series of paintings. He spent most of his life and career in Mexico except for a stay in New York City in the late 1960s to mid-1970s. His best known works are the murals he created for the University Autónoma Metropolitana in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.
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