Quick Facts
- NAME: Jose Clemente Orozco
- OCCUPATION: Illustrator, Painter
- BIRTH DATE: November 23, 1883
- DEATH DATE: September 07, 1949
- EDUCATION: Academy of San Carlos
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Ciudad Guzman, Mexico
- PLACE OF DEATH: Mexico City, Mexico
Best Known For
Jose Clemente Orozco is best known as the Mexican painter, considered to be the most important 20th century muralist to work in fresco.
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Profile
Artist, Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) was born in Ciudad Guzman, Mexico. Inspired by Picasso, Italian Byzantine mosaics and the desire to cultivate Mexican traits, Orozco's career flourished within the US and was awarded the Federal Quinquennial Prize in 1947,
which recognized him as the outstanding Mexican figure in the arts and sciences of the preceding five years.
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