Berdecio, Roberto

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1910
Death 2010
Bolivians,
Spanish; Castilian, English,

Biographical notes:

Roberto Guardia Berdecio was born in Oct. 20, 1910 in Sucre, Bolivia. Berdecio was a muralist who was acquainted with such artists and writers as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Juan O'Gorman, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Pablo Neruda, Leopoldo Méndez and many others. Berdecio was involved with such socialist organizations as Taller Gráfica Popular (TGP) and Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios (LEAR).

From the description of Roberto Berdecio papers, 1931-1995. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215106574

Biographical/Historical Note

David Alfaro Siqueiros was a leading member of the Mexican muralist movement and a technical innovator of fresco and wall painting. His ideological differences with Diego Rivera attracted much attention in the 1930s.

From the guide to the David Alfaro Siqueiros papers, 1920-1991, 1930-1936, (Getty Research Institute)

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Subjects:

  • Art
  • Communism and art
  • Mural painting and decoration
  • Mural painting and decoration, Mexican
  • Painters
  • Painters
  • Painting

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Places:

  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • Mexico (as recorded)