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José Clemente Orozco

José Clemente Orozco

Mexican, 1883–1949

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José Clemente Orozco 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.

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Works in Collection

40 works
Barricade

Barricade

José Clemente Orozco

1931

Clenched Fist

Clenched Fist

José Clemente Orozco

(1948)

Composition study for Gods of the Modern World

Composition study for Gods of the Modern World

José Clemente Orozco

(c. 1932-34)

Crouching Model

Crouching Model

José Clemente Orozco

(1947)

Dead Woman

Dead Woman

José Clemente Orozco

(1935)

Dive Bomber and Tank

Dive Bomber and Tank

José Clemente Orozco

1940

Feet (no. 2)

Feet (no. 2)

José Clemente Orozco

(1923)

Grief (Aflicción)

Grief (Aflicción)

José Clemente Orozco

1930

Hands (Manos)

Hands (Manos)

José Clemente Orozco

1930

Head of Quetzalcoatl (Study for the Dartmouth College Mural, "An Epic of American Civilization")

Head of Quetzalcoatl (Study for the Dartmouth College Mur...

José Clemente Orozco

(c. 1932-34)

Legs

Legs

José Clemente Orozco

1938

Male Torso

Male Torso

José Clemente Orozco

(1923)

Marching Women

Marching Women

José Clemente Orozco

1929

Mexican Landscape

Mexican Landscape

José Clemente Orozco

1929

Mexican Peasants Working (Maguayes y nopales)

Mexican Peasants Working (Maguayes y nopales)

José Clemente Orozco

1929

Mexican Pueblo

Mexican Pueblo

José Clemente Orozco

1929

Mexican Woman (Mujer mexicana)

Mexican Woman (Mujer mexicana)

José Clemente Orozco

1929

Proletarians

Proletarians

José Clemente Orozco

1935

Rear Guard (La Retaguardia)

Rear Guard (La Retaguardia)

José Clemente Orozco

1929

Ruined House (Casa arruinada)

Ruined House (Casa arruinada)

José Clemente Orozco

1929

Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

José Clemente Orozco

1940

Soldier's Wife

Soldier's Wife

José Clemente Orozco

1929

Study for Dive Bomber and Tank

Study for Dive Bomber and Tank

José Clemente Orozco

1940

Study for Dive Bomber and Tank

Study for Dive Bomber and Tank

José Clemente Orozco

1940

Exhibitions

55 exhibitions

Jun 07, 1932 – Oct 30, 1932

Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

57 artists

Nov 19, 1934 – Jan 20, 1935

Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition

117 artists

Apr 27, 1936 – Sep 02, 1936

Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators

100 artists · 1 curator

May 10, 1939 – Sep 30, 1939

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

154 artists

Jan 12, 1940 – Mar 03, 1940

Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

55 artists

May 15, 1940 – Sep 30, 1940

Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art

53 artists · 2 curators

May 06, 1941 – Oct 15, 1941

New Acquisitions: A Gift of Paintings from a Trustee

15 artists

May 06, 1941 – Apr 30, 1941

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

74 artists

Sep 16, 1941 – Oct 14, 1941

Twenty Lithographs: Graphic Art Processes

36 artists

Jan 13, 1942 – Feb 15, 1942

New Acquisitions: Latin-American Art

6 artists

Sep 22, 1942 – Oct 13, 1942

How Modern Artists Paint People

13 artists

Dec 09, 1942 – Jan 24, 1943

Twentieth Century Portraits

159 artists · 1 curator

Mar 31, 1943 – Jun 06, 1943

The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art

154 artists · 1 curator

Feb 16, 1944 – May 10, 1944

Modern Drawings

120 artists · 3 curators

May 24, 1944 – Oct 15, 1944

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

133 artists · 1 curator

Nov 15, 1944 – May 30, 1945

Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

9 artists

Mar 06, 1945 – Mar 25, 1945

What is Modern Painting?

37 artists

Jun 20, 1945 – Feb 13, 1946

The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

174 artists

Nov 28, 1945 – Feb 03, 1946

Museum of Modern Art Color Reproductions

13 artists

Feb 19, 1946 – May 05, 1946

The Museum Collection of Painting

67 artists

Jun 11, 1946 – Oct 06, 1946

Designed for Children

20 artists · 1 curator

Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 12, 1954

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

112 artists · 1 curator

Apr 15, 1947 – Jun 01, 1947

Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

83 artists

Mar 18, 1949 – Apr 17, 1949

Pictures for Children Aged 3–12 Years

16 artists

May 10, 1949 – Jul 10, 1949

Master Prints from the Museum Collection

132 artists · 2 curators

Nov 29, 1949 – Apr 30, 1950

Paintings from the Museum Collection

1 artist

Aug 29, 1950 – Oct 15, 1950

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

72 artists · 1 curator

Apr 21, 1954 – Jun 06, 1954

Faces and Figures: Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

41 artists · 1 curator

Sep 08, 1954 – Nov 28, 1954

American Prints of the 20th Century

111 artists · 1 curator

Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

260 artists

Oct 08, 1958

Second Floor Permanent Collection

28 artists

May 04, 1960 – Sep 18, 1960

Portraits from the Museum Collection

92 artists · 1 curator

Oct 11, 1960 – Jan 02, 1961

100 Drawings from the Museum Collection

74 artists · 1 curator

Apr 25, 1961 – Aug 07, 1961

America Seen: Between The Wars

34 artists

Nov 22, 1961 – Jan 21, 1962

Orozco: Studies for the Dartmouth Murals

1 artist · 1 curator

Apr 10, 1962 – Aug 12, 1962

Fifty Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

40 artists · 1 curator

Aug 06, 1963 – Sep 29, 1963

60 Modern Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

45 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

169 artists

May 27, 1964 – Mar 23, 1965

Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection

57 artists · 1 curator

Dec 21, 1966 – Mar 05, 1967

The Taste of a Connoisseur: The Paul J. Sachs Collection

68 artists · 1 curator

Mar 17, 1967 – Jun 04, 1967

Latin-American Art, 1931–1966, from the Museum Collection

37 artists · 2 curators

Mar 22, 1968 – Jul 01, 1968

Manhattan Observed

37 artists · 2 curators

Nov 05, 1969 – Jan 02, 1973

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

35 artists

Nov 10, 1970 – Apr 21, 1971

The Nude: Thirty 20th-Century Drawings

24 artists · 1 curator

Jul 01, 1971 – Sep 27, 1971

The Artist as Adversary

140 artists · 1 curator

Jul 28, 1971 – Nov 01, 1971

Ways of Looking

132 artists · 1 curator

Mar 01, 1972 – May 29, 1972

Drawn in America

44 artists · 1 curator

Mar 29, 1972

Permanent Collection

45 artists · 2 curators

Dec 27, 1973 – Feb 24, 1974

Portraits

47 artists · 1 curator

Aug 20, 1976 – Nov 14, 1976

Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

66 artists · 1 curator

Mar 16, 1978 – Jul 02, 1978

Mexican Art

25 artists · 2 curators

Apr 28, 1978 – Jul 04, 1978

A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

89 artists · 1 curator

Jul 10, 1978 – Oct 03, 1978

Artists and Writers

62 artists · 1 curator

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

59 artists · 2 curators

May 29, 1986 – Sep 30, 1986

Naked/Nude

63 artists · 1 curator