David Tineo

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Tineo
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1955(1955-05-23)
Age	69
Birthplace	Douglas
Country	United States
Horoscope	Gemini

David Tineo Biography

David Tineo is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on May 23, 1955 in Douglas, United States.

Tineo was born in Douglas, Arizona, a small town on the U.S.-Mexico border. His father, Patrick Tineo, a Portuguese immigrant whose own father entered the United States via Ellis Island, was mistakenly deported to Mexico when he was a young man, where he met and married Ernestina Figueroa, the woman who became David’s mother. David’s family moved from Douglas to a barrio in west Tucson in 1959. His father separated from the family in 1969 after which Ernestina sold tamales, cleaned homes, took in ironing, and worked various housekeeping jobs to raise her seven children while simultaneously learning English. Tineo’s prodigious artistic abilities were evident early in life. His parents submitted samples of his artwork to various national art contests, all of which were rejected by judges who refused to believe they’d been drawn by a child. Tineo’s artistic talent was also recognized by his teachers, who encouraged its development throughout Tineo’s elementary, middle, and high school years. He began to seriously study ceramics, human anatomy and figurative drawing at Cholla High School, from which he graduated in 1974. This ability to represent form in three-dimensional space would later help him continue producing art after his vision began to fail.

The rise and political development of the Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s, and concomitant birth of the Chicano Art Movement, helped focus Tineo’s attention on the role of art in community activism. During this period Tineo spent time working with the Brown Berets, MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) and other community activist groups, and he is still considered one of the most influential leaders of the Chicano Mural Movement in Arizona. Decades later, in 1991, Tineo’s art was included in the Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation (CARA), exhibit organized by the Wight Art Gallery in UCLA. The CARA exhibit, which traveled to various cities around the U.S., was the first exhibit ever to focus on the works of artists engaged in the Chicano civil rights movement; it firmly established Chicano art – in all its forms – as a distinct and legitimate part of American Art in general. Tineo helped lead the development of the Chicano Mural Movement both in Arizona and Tucson during the latter half of the 20th century, and remains an important part of the city’s visual history.

David Tineo Net Worth

David Tineo is one of the richest Painter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Tineo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David Tineo (born May 23, 1955) is an American artist of Mexican descent whose works focus on cultural and identity issues particular to Mexican Americans who live in the U.S. Though internationally known, most of Tineo’s life and career has been spent in Tucson, Arizona. He was diagnosed in 2004 with a macular degeneration that left him legally blind, but continues to paint and sculpt.

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In 2010 the Tucson Museum of Art’s ¡Viva David Tineo! retrospective corrected the common misconception of Tineo as primarily a muralist. He’s completed over 3,000 paintings over the course of his 38-year career, and his canvases hang on the walls of private collectors, museums, galleries (including a gallery in South Tucson devoted entirely to his work), and political entities from the US and Mexico to Kazakhstan. To honor the quality and extent of his career the Tucson Pima Arts Council presented Tineo with a Lifetime Achievement Award in

2011. Though his blindness required Tineo to quit teaching, it did not stop him from painting. Because he often sees only glare, and cannot make out light, shadow or different shades of color, Tineo has explored numerous techniques for replacing his dependence on vision. He usually lays his canvases on the ground and outlines concepts with caulks and silicon adhesives, achieving more subtle textures with a wet sponge, before applying paints. By creating these textured, raised, 3-D surfaces he can “see” the canvas with his hands and feel it through his brush. His more tactile painting style has created an evolution in his conceptual style as well: his artwork is now more symbolic, and the colors more direct, with fewer fine details.

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Edward Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David Tineo celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.