José Clemente Orozco

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José Clemente Orozco
© 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents/ Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

José Clemente Orozco

Mexican muralist and draftsman, 1883–1949
BiographyBorn in Jalisco, Mexico, Orozco studied at the San Carlos Academy for Fine Arts in Mexico City. Orozco was influenced by Mexican artist José Posada and by the Symbolist movement. Orozco is best known as a muralist, like his colleagues Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. He painted murals throughout Mexico, as well as in California, New York, and Hanover, New Hampshire. A politically committed artist, Orozco was also a prolific cartoonist for Mexican newspapers.
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