José Clemente Orozco’s firsthand experience of the Mexican Revolution and dissatisfaction with its outcome are evident in the melancholy tone of his revolutionary scenes. Figures in his works often seem isolated. In Hombres y tres mujeres, his…
During his stay in the United States in the late 1920s, José Clemente Orozco used the medium of lithography to reproduce images from his frescoes in Mexico City. The prints served to familiarize the American audience with his work while also…
David Alfaro Siqueiros, who considered himself primarily a political activist, was involved in organizing labor unions until 1930, when he was jailed and then confined to the town of Taxco. The fifteen months of internal exile that followed proved…
The figure depicted in Amazona blanca gracefully keeps her balance despite being posed precariously on a moving pony. She is a picture of confidence and courage. María Izquierdo admired the circus since her childhood, producing more than fifty…
Leopoldo Méndez produced this print during a transitional period in his career: after he had participated in the avant-garde Estridentismo movement, which celebrated all things modern, but before founding the socially engaged Taller de Gráfica…
This work is part of a portfolio by José Chávez Morado dedicated to Mexico City’s nightlife. Chávez Morado reflects his pessimistic view of the growing metropolis in a series of unsettling vignettes set in dark streets. Outside a theatre,…
This work is part of a portfolio by José Chávez Morado dedicated to Mexico City’s nightlife. Chávez Morado reflects his pessimistic view of the growing metropolis in a series of unsettling vignettes set in dark streets. Outside a theatre,…
This work is part of a portfolio by José Chávez Morado dedicated to Mexico City’s nightlife. Chávez Morado reflects his pessimistic view of the growing metropolis in a series of unsettling vignettes set in dark streets. Outside a theatre,…
This work is part of a portfolio by José Chávez Morado dedicated to Mexico City’s nightlife. Chávez Morado reflects his pessimistic view of the growing metropolis in a series of unsettling vignettes set in dark streets. Outside a theatre,…