MEXICAN MURALISM

Muralism• Mexican muralism was the promotion of mural painting

starting in the 1920s, generally with social and political messages as part of efforts to reunify the country under the post Mexican Revolution government. It was headed by “the big three” painters, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Rufino Tamayo was a significant muralist as well.

• From the 1920s to about 1970s a large number of murals with nationalistic, social and political messages were created on public buildings, starting a tradition which continues to this day in Mexico and has had impact in other parts of the Americas, including the United States where it served as inspiration for the Chicano Mural Movement.

Taken from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_muralism

DIEGO RIVERALa Creación. Anfiteatro Simón Bolívar, México

DIEGO RIVERAEl Hombre en el Cruce de Caminos. Palacio de Bellas Artes de México.

DIEGO RIVERALa vida de los aztecas. Palacio Tlatelolco, Ciudad de México

DIEGO RIVERA

DIEGO RIVERA

DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROSRetrato de la Clase Media

DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROSLa Marcha de la Humanidad. Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros. México.

DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROSLa Nueva Democracia. Palacio de Bellas Artes. México.

RUFINO TAMAYONacimiento de la Nacionalidad. Palacio de Bellas Artes. México.

RUFINO TAMAYOPrometeo dando el fuego a los Hombres. Sala de Conferencias en la UNESCO, París, Francia.

RUFINO TAMAYOLa Revolución. Escuela Mexicana.

JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCOMural in the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildelfonso

Dartmouth’s College Baker Memorial Library

Hospicio Cabanas, Guadalajara

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