Los tres grandes

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Los tres grandes refers to the trio of influential Mexican muralists—Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros—who were central to the Mexican muralism movement in the 20th century.

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Los tres grandes canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of artists
activeInCentury 20th century
alsoKnownAs The Three Greats of Mexican muralism
artForm fresco
mural painting on public buildings
artisticGoal educate the masses through public art
commissionedBy Mexican government
country Mexico
culturalSignificance symbol of Mexican muralist tradition
era 1920s
1930s
1940s
field mural painting
genre political art
social realism
influenced Chicano art movement
Latin American muralism
public art in the United States
influencedBy European modernism
linked to: Modernism

Italian Renaissance frescoes
Marxism
Mexican Revolution
languageOfWork Spanish
location Mexico City
medium pigments on plaster walls
member David Alfaro Siqueiros
Diego Rivera
José Clemente Orozco
movement Mexican muralism
notableWorkLocation Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
linked to: Hospicio Cabañas

National Preparatory School, Mexico City
Palacio Nacional, Mexico City
linked to: Palacio Nacional

Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City
Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico City
politicalOrientation left-wing
revolutionary
region Latin America
roleInCulture shapers of post-revolutionary Mexican cultural identity
roleInMovement founders of Mexican muralism
theme Mexican national identity
anti-imperialism
class struggle
history of Mexico
indigenous identity
social justice
timePeriod post-revolutionary Mexico

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José Clemente Orozco memberOf Los tres grandes