José Clemente Orozco (1883 - 1949)
1883-11-23Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico1949-09-07Mexico City, MexicoMexico
José Clemente Orozco
José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others. Orozco was the most complex of the Mexican muralists, fond of the theme of human suffering, but less realistic and more fascinated by machines than Rivera. Mostly influenced by Symbolism, he was also a genre painter and lithographer. Between 1922 and 1948, Orozco painted murals in Mexico City, Orizaba, Claremont, California, New York City, Hanover, New Hampshire, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Jiquilpan and Michoacán.
Date and place of birt: | 23 november 1883, Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico |
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Date and place of death: | 7 september 1949, Mexico City, Mexico |
Nationality: | Mexico |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Art style: | Generación de la Ruptura, Murallism, Socialist realism |