Title: Mexican Muralism - Concepts & Styles | TheArtStory
Headings: Mexican Muralism - History and Concepts
Mexican Muralism - History and Concepts
Mexican Muralism
Beginnings of Mexican Muralism
Mexico's Traditional Murals
The Mexican Revolution
A Government-backed program
Los Tres Grandes
Escuela Nacional Preparatoria
Mexican Muralism in the USA
Mexican Muralism: Concepts, Styles, and Trends
Revolution
Socialism
Industry
Religion
Later Developments - After Mexican Muralism
Key Artists
Do Not Miss
Important Art and Artists of Mexican Muralism
Related Movements & Topics

Content: From this point on, mural painting became one of the most dominant forms of art in Mexican culture, a countrywide tool for means of expression. This precedence provided a readymade platform for the politically motivated and fostered the birth of the Mexican Muralism movement. The Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 with a political revolt against the tyrannical president Porfirio Diaz. This spurred a decade long civil war, led by a number of charismatic individuals whose personal political agendas frequently determined the course of the revolution. These leaders consorted with a group of radical intellectuals, including the artists José Guadalupe Posada and Gerardo Murillo, the latter was more widely known as Dr. Atl. In 1906, Dr. Atl had written a manifesto expressing a desire for a new art movement in Mexico that which would speak to the interests and realities of the Mexican people. This document was an important precursor to the Mexican Muralist movement, and was seen and admired by his artistic acquaintances, including artist Diego Rivera. Dr. Atl is generally credited with conceiving of the first modern mural for the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Mexico's oldest secondary school construction had begun in 1910 but it, along with the idea of the mural, was postponed due to the revolution and was never completed in that location. When the Mexican Revolution ended in 1920, Diaz had been overthrown and a new government came into rule, which would eventually establish itself as the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). The new government's aim was to establish a new era for Mexico and its newly empowered people, and one of the ways it planned to do this was through art.