José Clemente Orozco (born November 23, 1883, in Zapotlán el Grande (now Ciudad Guzmán), Jalisco; died September 7, 1949, in Mexico City) was a Mexican social realist painter who specialized in bold murals. Orozco was fond of the theme of the human versus the mechanical. He was also a genre painter and lithographer. Orozco studied in Mexico City at the San Carlos Academy. With Diego Rivera, he was a leader of the Mexican Renaissance. Wikipedia
Jose Clemente Orozco was native to Jalisco . In 1937 he was invited by the government to paint the old chapel. www.explore-guadalajara.com/HospicioCabanas.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for José Clemente Orozco. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%c3%a9_Clemente_Orozco
One of Orozco's greatest works, The Epic of American Civilization must also be counted among the finest examples of mural painting in this country. hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/collections/orozco-murals.html
...Jos Clemente Orozco Jos Clemente Orozco , Mexican, 1883-1949 Zapata , 1930 178.4 x 122.6 cm Oil on canvas Pollock was inflluenced by the Mexican muralists during the 30s... www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l2_Grnfthrs_fldr/g006b_o...
In 1940 Orozco decorated the Gabino Ortiz Library in Jiquilpan, Michoacn, birthplace of President Lzaro Crdenas. www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtorozco.html
