This man's early work included illustrations in the satirical paper The Vanguard, though he claimed to dislike propagandistic art, stating "my one theme is humanity."
This man's early work included illustrations in the satirical paper The Vanguard, though he claimed to dislike propagandistic art, stating "my one theme is humanity." His work depicting Prometheus bound was inspired by Michelangelo, and the critical reaction to his first major work, House of Tears, caused him to leave his native country. Skeletons clad in robes look on as another skeleton gives birth to a skeleton baby in "Gods of the Modern World," part of his monumental series for the Baker Library at Dartmouth, while the mural Catharsis resides in the Palace of Fine Arts in the capital of his home nation. FTP name this Mexican muralist of The Coming of Quetzalcoatl and Man on Fire.
This man's early work included illustrations in the satirical paper The Vanguard, though he claimed to dislike propagandistic art, stating "my one theme is humanity."
Jose Clemente Orozco