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    David Alfaro Siqueiros is best remembered as one of Los Tres Grandes‚ along with Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco. They pioneered the use of murals to tell epic stories of poverty‚ rebellion‚ politics and the tortured history of their native Mexico. Influenced by Marxism in his treatment of the class struggle‚ Siqueiros believed public murals were a powerful way for the masses to have access to his art work and political messages. The Tres Grandes‚ among many other artists‚ were part of the

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    David Alfaro Siqueiros was a very famous and influential Mexican artist whose work reflected his political ideologies. David was born on December 29‚ 1896 in Chihuahua‚ Mexico to parents Cipriano Alfaro and Teresa Siquieros. Siqueiros was the second of three children‚ and was raised by his grandparents after his mother had died when he was only four years old. His grandfather‚ Antonio‚ who had a military background‚ had a major impact on his childhood. In 1908 David attended Franco-English College

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    David Alfaro Siqueiros was born in Chihuahua City‚ Mexico‚ on December 29‚ 1896. He went to Franco-English College in Mexico City‚ where he studied art and architecture. He joined the Mexican Revolution Army at the age of 18‚ eventually getting ranked captain. He also joined the Communist Party and worked to undermine Mexico’s new military dictator‚ Victoriano Huerta. For Siqueiros‚ incorporating politics in his art was a must. His big and bold murals‚ were often filled with causes that supported

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    but they also sculpted‚ painted‚ sang and danced to form a cultural identity unique and distinctly their own. Mainly focusing on Southern California during the 1940’s to the present‚ Chicano Art took its roots from Mexican painters like Rivera‚ Siqueiros‚ and Viramontes. The struggle for a Chicano identity‚ one that was not instilled by the dominating Anglo community‚ was the goal of muralists and painters alike. It was this search for identity that led to the Chicano Movement. By comparing images

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    various art forms emphasized Symbolism and indianism while also using the history of Indian culture as motifs for their art. Firstly what arose was an exploration of the visual arts‚ which painters such as Diego Rivera‚ Jose Clemente Orozco and David Siqueiros undertook. They were known as Los Tres Grandes and were commissioned by the government to create murals that would define Mexican identity. Not only were visual arts celebrated but musical arts were encouraged as well. Around the same time a Mexican

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    Arts 1301: Introduction to the Visual Arts (Chelsey Moore‚ Instructor) Guided Worksheet for Visit to the Blanton Museum of Art Due September 18‚ 2013 In order to complete this worksheet‚ you will need to visit the Blanton Museum of Art‚ which is located on the UT campus at the intersection of Congress and MLK. You will probably need about two hours for your visit. The museum is free to everyone on Thursdays‚ always to UT students‚ and it is $5 for college students on any other days. Please

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    Rafael Cauduro and David Alfaro Siqueros that caught my eye‚ and made me want to learn more of them and their approach to art. Siqueiros caught my eye and interest because according to his biography "no individual associated with the arts with the possible exception of André Malraux‚ had been involved in direct political action more than David Alfaro Siqueiros" (Siqueiros Biography online). Personally that to me said a lot and that got me intrigued‚ and made me want to know more about him and his

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    expressive art forms of the 20th century. David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jose Clemente Orozco are two of the three so called triumvirate of Mexican Muralists‚ the third being Diego Rivera. Both of the artists have a unique style and a strong sense of morals and political ideals. Their styles are similar in the sense of the amount of expression and movement in their pieces They also share a common ideology that shows up often in their work. Siqueiros’ Portrait of the Bourgeoisie and New Democracy along

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    Jose Clemente Orozco was a famous Mexican Social Realist who specialized in bold murals that established Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros‚ and others. Orozco was the most complex of the Mexican muralists‚ fond of the theme of human suffering‚ and realist. Mostly influenced by symbolism‚ he was also a genre painter between 1922 and 1948. Orozco’s painting Hidalgo was painted in 1949 at the governor’s palace in Guadalajara. The ceiling painted

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    Throughout the years‚ there have been many figures that transformed and impacted the world of art that we now know today. Artists such as Rivera‚ Orozco‚ and Siqueiros started the movement of Mexican Muralism. Their success as the “Three Great Ones” inspired a movement whose ripple effect would last till the end of the 20th century. The legacy‚ which they left behind‚ would transcend onto the Movement of Chicano Art and especially the remnants that can be seen in the Oakland Museum of Art. The Oakland

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