Title: Mexican Muralism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Headings: Mexican Muralism
Mexican Muralism
Mexican Muralism
"The artist must paint as he would speak. I don't want people to speculate what I mean, I want them to understand."
Summary of Mexican Muralism
Key Ideas & Accomplishments
Overview of Mexican Muralism
Key Artists
José Clemente Orozco
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Important Art and Artists of Mexican Muralism
The Creation (1922)
Los Danzantes de Chalma (1922)
The Banquet of the Rich (1923-24)
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Movements
Mexican Muralism
Mexican Muralism
Started: 1920
Ended: 1950
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"The artist must paint as he would speak. I don't want people to speculate what I mean, I want them to understand." 1 of 11
"I had tried to achieve a harmony in my painting with the architecture of the building." 2 of 11
"Do you wish to see with your own eyes the hidden springs of the social revolution? Look at the frescoes of Rivera. Do you wish to know what revolutionary art is like? Look at the frescoes of Rivera." 3 of 11
Leon Trotsky
"Art is a weapon that penetrates the eyes, the ears, the deepest and subtlest human feelings."