In the history of art, José Clemente Orozco is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists José Clemente Orozco as Mexican artist (1883–1949).
José Clemente Orozco was born at Ciudad Guzmán in 1883. His recorded nationality is Mexico. He trained at Academy of San Carlos.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the movements arrived in quick succession, each defining itself against the last.
He worked as painter, draftsperson and muralist.
His best-known work is The Demagogue. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
Recognition followed: National Prize for Arts and Sciences (1940).
That the work was made in Mexico shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
José Clemente Orozco died in 1949, aged 66. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- National Prize for Arts and Sciences — 1940
- Notable work: The Demagogue
