José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican muralist fond of political and technological themes, and a gifted genre artist and Symbolist painter. Orozco was far less optimistic about the Mexican Revolution than his fellow artist Diego Rivera. The artist’s “Epic” seen here is a dark appraisal of American capitalism and militarism, and oddly enough, education.
The Epic of American Civilization, c.1932, Wall MuralJosé Clemente Orozco Mexican (1883 - 1949) |
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José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican muralist fond of political and technological themes, and a gifted genre artist and Symbolist painter. Orozco was far less optimistic about the Mexican Revolution than his fellow artist Diego Rivera. The artist’s “Epic” seen here is a dark appraisal of American capitalism and militarism, and oddly enough, education. |
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