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Mexico in pictures 2: Murals

Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 9 June 2009

By: Geoff

Aside from Frida Kahlo, probably the most famous Mexican artists are the great Muralists of the early 20th century. In the 1920s, soon after the Mexican revolution, the education minister commissioned various artists to create a series of public murals to increase awareness of the country’s history and cultures amongst the population, and to help [...]

Tags: Aguascalientes , Art & Architecture , David Alvaro Siqueiros , Diego Rivera , guadalajara , Jose Clemente Orozco , Mexico , Mexico City , mural , murals , Oaxava , Orozco , photography , Rivera , Siqueiros , travel

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