Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974)
Crepúsculo (Twilight)
1954
Pyroxylin on board mounted on masonite, 56 x 71 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Many of Siqueiros’s landscapes are apocalyptic in content. Painted after the Hiroshima bombing and in the early years of the Cold War, Siqueiros offers an image of the end of the world centered around an explosive sun. (CMA)