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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.'' [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/11/ca/ho_31.91.7.htm] | + | '''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.'' <ref>[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/11/ca/ho_31.91.7.htm]</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, politicaly he was a leftist. | ||
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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. | ||
*[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~spanmod/mural/index.html The Epic of American Civilization] | *[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~spanmod/mural/index.html The Epic of American Civilization] | ||
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[[Category:Mexican Painters]] | [[Category:Mexican Painters]] | ||
Revision as of 14:01, May 3, 2008
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.
- Artistically we admired Orozco's ability to invest his figures with tremendous emotion and anatomical volume by means of his non-academic treatment of the human figure. Orozco and Anglo-America
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