1. MEXICAN
MURALISM

2. Muralism
• Mexican muralism was the promotion of mural painting
starting in the 1920s, generally with social and political
messages as part of efforts to reunify the country under the
post Mexican Revolution government. It was headed by “the
big three” painters, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and
David Alfaro Siqueiros. Rufino Tamayo was a significant
muralist as well.
• From the 1920s to about 1970s a large number of murals with
nationalistic, social and political messages were created on
public buildings, starting a tradition which continues to this
day in Mexico and has had impact in other parts of the
Americas, including the United States where it served as
inspiration for the Chicano Mural Movement.
Taken from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_muralism

3. DIEGO RIVERA
La Creación. Anfiteatro Simón Bolívar, México

4. DIEGO RIVERA
El Hombre en el Cruce de Caminos. Palacio de Bellas Artes de México.

5. DIEGO RIVERA
La vida de los aztecas. Palacio Tlatelolco, Ciudad de México

6. DIEGO RIVERA

7. DIEGO RIVERA

8. DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS
Retrato de la Clase Media

9. DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS
La Marcha de la Humanidad. Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros. México.

10. DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS
La Nueva Democracia. Palacio de Bellas Artes. México.

11. RUFINO TAMAYO
Nacimiento de la Nacionalidad. Palacio de Bellas Artes. México.

12. RUFINO TAMAYO
Prometeo dando el fuego a los Hombres. Sala de Conferencias en la UNESCO, París, Francia.

13. RUFINO TAMAYO
La Revolución. Escuela Mexicana.

14. JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO
Mural in the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildelfonso

15. Dartmouth’s College Baker Memorial Library

16. Hospicio Cabanas, Guadalajara

17. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViLS2EWZjng
Video “MEXICAN MURALISTS”