The muralist movement
Orozco, along with Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siquieros, led the Mexican Muralist movement. Unlike Rivera and Siquieros, who were optimistic of the outcome of the revolution, Orozco’s unrest regarding the bloodshed by the movement is apparent in his realistic artwork.
Orozco, Rivera and Siquieros experimented with the use of frescos to express their murals. FRESCOS are paintings done on plaster before it dries, melding the paint to the plaster and making the art better integrated with the wall (see video below). The use of these walls was important because not only was the canvas very large, but also the walls were located in very visible locations. This was crucial for artists like Orozco who attempted to convey a message with their artwork.
Beginning in the 1920s to about 1970s, "The Big Three" or Orozco, Rivera and Siquieros contributed a large number of murals with nationalistic, social and political messages to the Mexican Muralist Movement. They painted on public buildings, starting a tradition which continues to this day in Mexico, also having a tremendous impact in other parts of the Americas.
murals
father hidalgo, 1939
la conquete, 1938
man of fire, 1939
zapatista's marching, 1931
Modern migration of the spirit, 1934
Gods of the Modern World, 1932
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