Title: The Mexican Renaissance | Boundless Art History
Headings: The Mexican Renaissance
The Mexican Renaissance
Mexican Muralism
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Mexican Muralism
Los Tres Grandes
Diego Rivera
Jose Clemente Orozco
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Mexican Painting: Frida Kahlo
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Frida Kahlo
Paintings
Influences
Artistic Legacy

Content: His masterpiece is considered to be the Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, located in Mexico City. Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros: Siquieros is known for his radical politics and murals, characterized by rapid, sweeping, bold lines. The Polyform Cultural Siqueiros is considered his masterpiece. Mexican muralism brought mural painting back to the forefront of Western art in the 20th century, and its influence spread abroad, especially to promote the idea of mural painting as a form to further social and political ideas. The concept of a mural as a political message was transplanted to the United States, especially in the former Mexican territory of the Southwest, and served as inspiration to the later Chicano Mural Movement. Mexican Painting: Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter known especially for her self-portraits, has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by feminists for her uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form. Learning Objectives
Discuss the work of Frida Kahlo
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Marked by physical affliction due to a serious bus accident when she was 18, Kahlo spent a great deal of time in isolation, which is reflected in her work. Frida Kahlo’s work has variously been described as surrealist art, folk art, and naive art, none of which were satisfactory to the artist herself.