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: indeed, it is probably safe to say that no other movement proposed and produced art for the people quite like the Mexican mural painting, intertwined with its nation and tradition with such dedication and vision. Diego Rivera - La historia de México- de la conquista al futuro, 1929-1935. Mural at Palacio Nacional, Ciudad de México
Mexican Muralism - Hand-in-Hand with Politics and People
After the Mexican Revolution, which had dictator Porfirio Díaz and his regime overthrown, and the political turmoil that followed for the next few years, Mexico saw the creation of a new party, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional - the PRI. The land was finally in the hands of its own workers, but there was so much to be done: the new government sought to establish a brand new Mexican society, founded on its rich tradition but very much forward-looking. Since most of the population was illiterate, an effective way to change that would be through the creation of visual messages that would not only appeal aesthetically, but that would also promote certain ideals. And so, Mexican muralism became a vital part of the country’s new industrialist identity in the making, under the full support of those in charge of it. But despite this kind of groundbreaking endorsement, these murals were very controversial for their time, and they often included elements of Marxism. David Siqueiros - El pueblo a la universidad, la universidad al pueblo, 1952–1956 at National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mural - The Characteristics and Significance
Although the mural movement stretched out all the way through the 1970s, the Mexican muralists produced the most significant paintings in the years between the 1920s and the 1950s. Their work was remarkable in many ways and as such it has brought art to its highest level of purpose and perhaps even aesthetics.