In 1917, José Clemente Orozco left Mexico to find a better place to make art in the United States, but he found trouble along the way.

José Clemente Orozco is born on November 23 in Zapotlan el Grande, Mexico, to Ireneo Orozco, a businessman, and Maria Rosa, a homemaker and amateur singer. A few years later, the family moves to ...

On the second floor of Mexico City's Supreme Court building, the harsh hand of José Clemente Orozco, famed Mexican muralist, could be seen all over the walls. Artists liked what they saw, but ...

With the passage of time it seems that the least political and most impassioned of the three, Jose Clemente Orozco, who died in 1949, now stands the best chance of surviving the changing fortunes ...

Unfortunately for Orozco—though you have to think he should have known better—what Pomona students have mostly wondered about over the years is why he painted Prometheus without a penis.

On September 7, art historian Mary Coffey and artist Isa Carrillo will reflect on Orozco’s mural “Prometheus” at the Pomona College Museum of Art — and offer palm readings in the process.

Learn more about José Clemente Orozco Farías (Mexican, 1960 - 2021). Read the artist bio and gain a deeper understanding with MutualArt's artist profile.

“Jose Clemente Orozco in the United States,” the first exhibition to focus on artworks created by the Mexican social realist painter during his seven-year stay in the U.S., begins an ...

Jose Clemente Orozco is a famous social realist muralist whose works can be found in Mexico City, and the United States. Here is a profile of his bold works.

One writer explores the rich history of José Clemente Orozco’s “The Epic of American Civilization” and its special place in Dartmouth’s culture.