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Alberto’s mother: What are you doing Alberto? Remember, you have to do
your homework.
Alberto: I’m doing it, mom. I’m looking for information about some Mexican
muralist on the Internet. Look, I found something.
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José Clemente Orozco
He was born in Jalisco on November
22
nd
, 1883. When he was seven years
old he moved to Mexico City where he
studied. He painted murals in Mexico
and in the United States. His main
topics in his murals were about
Mexican history. He was an excellent
and famous muralist. He died on
September 7
th
, 1949. You can admire
some of his murals in the Palacio de
Bellas Artes.
David Alfaro Siqueiros
He was a Mexican muralist and painter.
He was born in Chihuahua in 1896. When
he was young he was a soldier in the
Venustiano Carranza’s army. At the end
of the Mexican conflict he went to Europe
where he studied. When he came back to
Mexico he participated painting the
murals
in
the
Escuela
Nacional
Preparatoria. His most famous murals are
Proceso al fascismo
(1939)
and
Muerte al
invasor
(1940). He died in Cuernavaca in
1974.
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