Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez. He was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction with surrealist influences. Along with other muralists such as Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros, Tamayo represented the twentieth century in their native country of Mexico. After the Mexican Revolution, he devoted himself to creating a distinct identity in his work, expressing his view of the traditional Mexico and eschewing the overt political art of such contemporaries as Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros. Tamayo's legacy in the history of art lies in his oeuvre of original graphic prints in which he cultivated every technique. Rufino Tamayo's graphic work, produced between 1925 and 1991, includes woodcuts, lithographs, etchings and "Mixografia" prints. Tamayo's work has been displayed in major museums throughout the world.