Title: All You Need to Know About Mexican Muralism and Muralists | Widewalls
Headings: All You Need to Know About Mexican Muralism and Muralists
All You Need to Know About Mexican Muralism and Muralists
June 17, 2016
Mexican Muralism - Hand-in-Hand with Politics and People
Mural - The Characteristics and Significance
Los Tres Grandes - The Three Great Muralists of Mexico
Diego Rivera
José Clemente Orozco
David Alfaro Siqueiros
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Content: Their communist backgrounds and the respect for Marxism and class struggle, however, were often visible in their murals, although always subtly and never quite radically. José Clemente Orozco - Destruction of the Old Order (detail), 1926 at National Preparatory School, Mexico City
Los Tres Grandes - The Three Great Muralists of Mexico
We wouldn’t be able to talk about Mexican muralism as we know it today without its three key muralists: Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Legendary, innovative, daring and incredibly patriotic, these gentlemen were “los tres grandes” - the three great ones who had continued the work of José Vasconcelos which used art as the most powerful tool in cultural and social revolution. With various styles and temperaments, yet with the same visions, los tres grandes all graduated from the prestigious San Carlos Academy, studied in Europe and were inspired by its modernist painting, although in different amounts. They influenced each other greatly, even though Diego Rivera was not quite accepted by the other two given he never fought in the Mexican Revolution, yet he dared to depict it. Nevertheless, their murals were a result of a collective spirit, because in the end - it was all about art and the people. Diego Rivera
Of the three great ones, Diego Rivera was perhaps the most famous, and the most traditional artist. He incorporated much of European Modernism in his work, particularly elements of Cubism, which he later toned down on in an effort to recreate the flair of indigenous murals. Driven by Mexico’s bright colors, Rivera depicted his people as noble and glorious, saluting their history and heritage and paying homage to the hard workers in the most respectful way.