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Raúl Anguiano

Raúl Anguiano

Artist

WA-00025995

PrintmakingStreet ArtRealismSocial Realism

Representation

None documented

10

Institutional Exhibitions

34

Works in Collection

54

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ325503 ULAN500061635

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Mexican Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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American Prints of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945–1946

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Posters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943

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Twentieth Century Portraits

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942–1943

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Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

Field Verification (1 fields)

0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/raul-anguiano
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/186
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Raúl Anguiano was a Mexican painter and muralist who developed a gestural style grounded in social realism and indigenous cultural forms. From the 1940s onward, he created large-scale public commissions, prints, and figurative paintings that addressed labor, community, and national identity. His bold brushwork and richly modulated color palette synthesized European modernism with Mexican artistic tradition, positioning him as a significant voice in postwar Mexican art.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Street Art

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (34)

Hammock (Hamaca)

Hammock (Hamaca)

1951 · Lithograph

composition: 18 9/16 x 21 1/2" (47.1 x 54.6cm); sheet: 22 7/8 x 27 5/8" (58.1 x 70.2cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kayon

1951 · Lithograph

composition: 20 7/16 x 16 13/16" (51.9 x 42.7cm); sheet: 26 1/8 x 19 7/8" (66.4 x 50.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lime Kilns (Tula, State of Hidalgo), from Mexican People

Lime Kilns (Tula, State of Hidalgo), from Mexican People

1946 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 27.7 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 44.8 cm (15 1/8 × 17 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Here We Stand United, We of Today and We of Yesterday...(Aqui estamos todos, los de hoy y los de ayer...)

Here We Stand United, We of Today and We of Yesterday...(Aqui estamos todos, los de hoy y los de ayer...)

1943 · Lithograph

Comp. 17 1/4 x 23 1/2" (44.0 x 60.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Weeping Woman

The Weeping Woman

1942 · Oil on canvas

23 5/8 x 29 5/8" (60 x 75.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tito Marin. An Appreciation of the New Student Society (Tito Marin. Homenaje de la sociedad nueva de estudiantes)

Tito Marin. An Appreciation of the New Student Society (Tito Marin. Homenaje de la sociedad nueva de estudiantes)

1942 · Lithograph and letterpress

Comp. without letterpress 14 3/8 x 12 3/4" (36.5 x 32.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Why the Cost of Living is So High (Por que es tan cara la vida)

Why the Cost of Living is So High (Por que es tan cara la vida)

1942 · Linoleum cut

composition: 5 1/2 x 6 11/16" (13.9 x 17cm); sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 1/4" (32.6 x 23.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Por qué es tan cara la vida (Why Is Life So Expensive) from Untitled [album of broadsides by Taller de Gráfica Popular]

1942 · Photolithographic reproduction of pen and ink drawing from a spiral-bound album with 25 broadsides

irreg. composition 5 1/2 x 6 11/16" (13.9 x 17 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flyer relating to profiteers who exploit farmworkers

1942 · Photo-relief and letterpress on pink paper

Sheet: 13 in. × 9 5/8 in. (33 × 24.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Flyer relating to profiteers who exploit rural farm workers and take advantage of the government

1942 · Photo-relief and letterpress on tan paper

Sheet: 13 in. × 9 5/8 in. (33 × 24.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Old Woman

1940 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 36.5 × 27.5 cm (14 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50 cm (25 13/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Invalids

1940 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 29 × 42 cm (11 7/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 49.7 × 65.4 cm (19 5/8 × 25 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Cripples (Lisiados)

The Cripples (Lisiados)

1940 · Lithograph

composition: 10 15/16 x 16 1/4" (27.8 x 41.3cm); sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 11/16" (49.8 x 65.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lepers

1939 · Lithograph in black on paper

32.5 × 40.5 cm (12 13/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Native Festival

Native Festival

1939 · Lithograph in black on paper

41.2 × 29.4 cm (16 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Crazy Woman

1939 · Lithograph in black on paper

35.9 × 26.6 cm (14 3/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Mayan Woman (Head of a Mexican Woman)

Head of a Mayan Woman (Head of a Mexican Woman)

1939 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 50 × 38.4 cm (19 11/16 × 15 1/8 in.); Sheet: 63.9 × 50 cm (25 3/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Mexican Woman

Head of a Mexican Woman

1939 · Lithograph on paper

Image: 50 × 42 cm (19 11/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 61.1 × 47.6 cm (24 1/16 × 18 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cada chango en su mecate (Each Monkey on its Rope)

Cada chango en su mecate (Each Monkey on its Rope)

1939 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Mad Woman (La loca)

Mad Woman (La loca)

1939 · Lithograph

composition: 14 3/16 x 10 7/16" (36 x 26.5cm); sheet: 25 1/2 x 19 5/8" (64.7 x 49.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Calendar sheet for the Worker's University of Mexico (Universidad Obrera de Mexico)

Calendar sheet for the Worker's University of Mexico (Universidad Obrera de Mexico)

1938 · Lithograph

Comp without letters a) 11 13/16 x 9 1/8" (29.9 x 23.2 cm) b) 11 3/4 x 9 1/8" (29.8 x 23.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nazism, 12th Lecture: The Third and the Fourth Reich (El Nazismo, 12a conferencia: El tercer y el cuarto reich)

Nazism, 12th Lecture: The Third and the Fourth Reich (El Nazismo, 12a conferencia: El tercer y el cuarto reich)

1938 · Lithograph

Comp. 14 5/8 x 17" (37.2 x 43.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ay, riata no te revientes...que es el último jalón

Ay, riata no te revientes...que es el último jalón

1938 · Lithograph

composition: 17 7/16 x 12 7/16" (44.3 x 31.6cm); sheet: 19 3/4 x 12 13/16" (50.2 x 32.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Foreigners, Masters (Los extranjeros, amos), plate 12, from Franco's Spain (La España de Franco)

1938 · One from a portfolio of fifteen lithographs

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

34 published of 51 catalogued · 34 with image

MoMA
18 publishedof 35 catalogued24 img
Art Institute Chicago
10 published10 img
The Met
6 published

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Head of a Mexican Woman (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Mexican Woman (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6

Movements3

Street Art Realism Social Realism

Collections3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago