Influential painter and muralist Jose Clemente Orozco was born on November 23, 1883, in Ciudad Guzman (then Zapotlan el Grande). He was inspired by Jose Guadalupe Posada, who worked on satirical engravings in his shop window on Orozco's way to school. He studied at Academy of San Carlos and went on to become one of the "Big Three" muralists along with Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siquieros. They specialized in political murals in support of the Mexican Revolution and established the Mexican Muralist Renaissance. Unlike Rivera, who held a somewhat rosy view of the outcome, Orozco was concerned with the plight of the peasant workers, as evidenced in his creations.
Orozco was a genre painter, a Social Realist, influenced by symbolism. It is said that he was fascinated by machines. He lived in the US for a time and painted a few murals there as well, becoming the first Mexican artist from the Contemporary Mexican School to paint a mural outside their home country. He also illustrated the book "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. He lived to be 65 years old.
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