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: He originally painted this in bright colors in the European style, but modified it to more earthy tones to imitate indigenous murals. His greatest contribution is the promotion of Mexico’s indigenous past. Mural in the main stairwell of the National Palace by Diego Rivera: A leader in Mexican muralism, much of Rivera’s work was utopian and idealist. Jose Clemente Orozco
Orozco also began with a European style of expression. However, his art developed into an angry denunciation of oppression especially by those he considered to be an evil and brutal ruling class. His work was somber and dire, with an emphasis on human suffering and a fear of the technology of the future. Unlike other artists, Orozco never glorified the Mexican Revolution, having fought in it, but rather depicted the horrors of this war. This caused many of his murals to be heavily criticized and even defaced. La gran legislación revolucionaria mexicana y la abolición de la esclavitud: