Difference between revisions of "Jose Clemente Orozco"
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*[http://www.explore-guadalajara.com/Guadalajarajal.html Murales por Jose Clemente Orozco - El Instituto Cultural Cabañas] In Spanish. | *[http://www.explore-guadalajara.com/Guadalajarajal.html Murales por Jose Clemente Orozco - El Instituto Cultural Cabañas] In Spanish. | ||
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José Clemente Orozco (Ciudad Guzmán 1883 - Mexico City 1949) was a Mexican Social Realist Muralist painter. Along with David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera, Orozco was one of the most important artists in the Mexican mural movement. [1]
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.
Social Realism painting is focused on social issues.
See also
External links
- THE DRAMA OF JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO
- El Muralismo Mexicano In Spanish.
- Jose Clemente Orozco ARTCYCLOPEDIA.
- Murales por Jose Clemente Orozco - El Instituto Cultural Cabañas In Spanish.
- The Epic of American Civilization