José Clemente Orozco was born on November 23, 1883, in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico. His family moved to Mexico City in 1890, where his artistic sensibilities began to take shape. During his daily ...

A young José Clemente Orozco was influenced by artist José Guadalupe Posada. As a young student, José Clemente Orozco was enchanted by the work of Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada. His work as an ...

Bold and complex, José Clemente Orozco’s iconoclastic personality and dynamic painting made him the conscience of his generation. A film on his life and his art, Orozco: Man of Fire, is directed, ...

History major Karime Borego ’27 did invaluable work with me as a curatorial intern during the academic year 2025 – 2026. During that period, she assisted with research related to the upcoming ...

José Clemente Orozco’s portrait of Prometheus is the subject of a new exhibition at Pomona College’s art museum. José Clemente Orozco’s portrait of Prometheus is the subject of a new exhibition at ...

José Clemente Orozco, along with Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, was one of Los Tres Grandes, the Mexican artists who, in the wake of the bloody revolution of 1910 to 1920, turned to mural ...