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José Luis Cuevas, 83, Revered Mexican Artist With a Dark View, Dies. José Luis Cuevas, whose rebellious personality and dark delineation of human suffering made him one of the most celebrated Mexican artists of the 1950s and '60s, died on July 3 in Mexico City. He was 83. Cuevas was one of the first to challenge the then dominant Mexican muralism movement as a prominent member of the Generación de la Ruptura (Breakaway Generation).