Title: Mexican muralism - Wikipedia
Headings: Mexican muralism
Mexican muralism
Contents
Antecedents
Mural movement
After the mural project at the National Preparatory High School
Artistry
Los Tres Grandes (The Three Great Ones)
El Cuarto Grande (The Fourth Great One)
" Nacimiento de Nuestra Nacionalidad " (The Birth of Our Nationality)
Revolutionary artistry
Political expression
Influence
Women of Mexican muralism
Aurora Reyes Flores, first woman muralist
Elena Huerta Muzquiz, artist of the biggest mural created by a woman in Mexico
Rina Lazo, Rivera's assistant for 10 years until his death, his "right hand"
See also
Further reading
References
External links

Content: Atl also organized an independent exhibition of native Mexican artists promoting many indigenous and national themes along with color schemes that would later appear in mural painting. The first modern Mexican mural, painted by Atl, was a series of female nudes using "Atlcolor", a substance Atl invented himself, very shortly before the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. Another influence on the young artists of the late Porfirian period was the graphic work of José Guadalupe Posada, who mocked European styles and created cartoons with social and political criticism. Critiquing the political policies of the Díaz dictatorship through art was popularized by Posada. Posada influenced muralists to embrace and continue criticizing the Díaz dictatorship in their works. The muralists also embraced the characters and satire present in Posada’s works. The Mexican Revolution itself was the culmination of political and social opposition to Porfirio Díaz policies. One important oppositional group was a small intellectual community that included Antonio Curo, Alfonso Reyes and José Vasconcelos. They promoted a populist philosophy that coincided with the social and political criticism of Atl and Posada and influenced the next generation of painters such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. These ideas gained power as a result of the Mexican Revolution, which overthrew the Díaz regime in less than a year.