Movement of Mexican Muralism

Mexican Muralism became more widely know during the Mexican revolution. For the reason that most of the art pieces main focal points were pieces about actual events that were happening in Mexico. They were greatly influenced by the revolution and its people and mainly stayed focused on that aspect. The three important artists that helped Mexican Muralism become more widely known were Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Something important to know about these art pieces is people can not take them home or buy the art pieces. They were made on important buildings where many could see them. These back up the facts in how the main point of these art pieces were to make it more easily accessible to the people.

The murals represented what kind of society they lived in. Siqueiros said that the goal of the paintings were to show how the people were being oppressed by those in higher power. Murals were put in Mexico but that was not the only place were these art pieces where. They were also made around the world to raise awareness around other people who may not have known about their situation and the art pieces caught attention by other artist. Their art style caused much attention because they related more to people compared to other artist who just painted for themselves.


Work Cited
Wake Forest University. “The Revolution and the Muralist.” 29 Oct. 2008. <http://www.wfu.edu/history/StudentWork/fysprojects/kmason/second.htm>