Jean Charlot

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEXICAN PAINTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author:

Jean Charlot

Layout:

Baseline Co. Ltd

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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ISBN: 978-1-68325-456-0

Osvaldo Barra Cunningham with his mural San Marcos Fair. Photograph. Family collection.

Contents

I. Dawn of the Mural Renaissance

Towards a National Art

Muralism: A Political Art?

José Vasconselos, Secretary of Education

II. The First Murals and Their Masters

San Pedro y San Pablo

The Preparatoria School: Diego Rivera

Dieguitos

The Preparatoria School: David Alfaro Siqueiros

The Preparatoria School: José Clemente Orozco

III. An Early End

The Ministry of Education

Riots at the Preparatoria School

The End of the Vasconcelos Era

Renaissance in Guadalajara

Conclusion

List of Illustrations