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