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José Clemente Orozco

1883 - 1949

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José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others. Orozco was the most complex of the Mexican muralists, fond of the theme of human suffering, but less realistic and more fascinated by machines than Rivera. Mostly influenced by Symbolism, he was also a genre painter and lithographer. Between 1922 and 1948, Orozco painted murals in Mexico City; Orizaba; Claremont, California; New York City; Hanover, New Hampshire; Guadalajara, Jalisco; and Jiquilpan, Michoacán. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Clemente Orozco is the 516th most popular painter (down from 437th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 45th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mexican Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, José Clemente Orozco ranks 516 out of 2,023. Before him are Zinaida Serebriakova, Dirck van Baburen, Pompeo Batoni, Frank Stella, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Vasily Surikov. After him are Salomon van Ruysdael, Johan Jongkind, Nicolas de Largillière, Alesso Baldovinetti, Hendrick ter Brugghen, and Otto Mueller.

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Among people born in 1883, José Clemente Orozco ranks 66. Before him are Adolph Joffe, Gottfried Feder, Ichirō Hatoyama, Richard von Mises, Bernhard Rust, and Alfredo Casella. After him are Ernest Ansermet, Kenji Doihara, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Hermann Abendroth. Among people deceased in 1949, José Clemente Orozco ranks 41. Before him are Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Harry Stack Sullivan, André-Louis Debierne, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, Henry McMahon, and Valentino Mazzola. After him are John Haigh, Béla Balázs, Joaquín Turina, Aino Aalto, Hans Pfitzner, and Ulrich Salchow.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, José Clemente Orozco ranks 56 out of 729. Before him are Silvia Pinal (1931), Vicente Guerrero (1782), Dolores del Río (1905), Ahuitzotl (1486), Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963), and Pedro Armendáriz (1912). After him are Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (1948), José María Morelos (1765), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), Axayacatl (1449), Acamapichtli (1325), and Kiki Camarena (1947).

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Among PAINTERS In Mexico

Among painters born in Mexico, José Clemente Orozco ranks 4. Before him are Frida Kahlo (1907), Diego Rivera (1886), and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896). After him are Rufino Tamayo (1899), Juan O'Gorman (1905), Emmanuel Lubezki (1964), Francisco Toledo (1940), and Ignacio Ortiz (1934).

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