| | '''José Clemente Orozco''' (Ciudad Guzmán 1883 - Mexico City 1949) was a [[Mexican]] Social Realist [[Muralism|Muralist]] [[painter]]. ''Along with [[David Alfaro Siqueiros]] and [[Diego Rivera]], Orozco was one of the most important artists in the Mexican mural movement.'' <ref>[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/11/ca/ho_31.91.7.htm The Metropolitan Museum of Art]</ref> | | '''José Clemente Orozco''' (Ciudad Guzmán 1883 - Mexico City 1949) was a [[Mexican]] Social Realist [[Muralism|Muralist]] [[painter]]. ''Along with [[David Alfaro Siqueiros]] and [[Diego Rivera]], Orozco was one of the most important artists in the Mexican mural movement.'' <ref>[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/11/ca/ho_31.91.7.htm The Metropolitan Museum of Art]</ref> |
| − | Between 1936 and 1939, Orozco painted the celebrated frescos: "The People and Its Leaders" and "Miguel Hidalgo". His best frescos are at the Guadalajara's Hospicio Cabañas, showing a historical panorama of Mexico. In 1948, he painted a huge portrait, "Juárez Reborn". Throughout his career, Orozco combined painting with drawing and [[lithography]]. With his political views, he was a superb cartoonist. As Rivera and Siqueiros, politicaly he was a leftist. | + | Between 1936 and 1939, Orozco painted the celebrated frescos: "The People and Its Leaders" and "Miguel Hidalgo". His best frescos are at the Guadalajara's Hospicio Cabañas, showing a historical panorama of Mexico. In 1948, he painted a huge portrait, "Juárez Reborn". Throughout his career, Orozco combined painting with drawing and [[lithography]]. With his political views, he was a superb cartoonist. As Rivera and Siqueiros, politically he was a leftist. |