Jose Clemente Orozco
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Orozco born in Zapotian, Jalisco, Mexico. He was educated in the School of Agriculture in San Jacinto and the National University of Mexico. He moved to Mexico City with his family in 1890. While a young man, he was injured in a chemical accident and lost the use of one eye and lost his left hand. Dispite his disability, he began is career as a cartoonist and published in several journals. He first visited the USA in 1919 where he would create several murals in later years. He visited Europe in 1934. He then created some early paintings of prostitutes and schoolgirls in the Post Impressionist style that was popular in Catalonia at the time. He created his first murals in 1923 at the National Preparatory School. In 1932-34 he created "an Epic of American Civilization" at the Baker College, Dartmouth College, USA. In 1939, he painted a fresco called "Prometheus" at Pomona College in California, which was typical of his mature style. He returned to Mexico in 1934 and from then until 1939, painted powerful murals depicting the pre-Hispanic Guadalajara. He painted a famous fresco called "Man of Fire" on the dome of the Hospicio Cabanas depicting mans physical and mystical struggles. He spent the rest of his life between Mexico City and his beloved Guadalajara. His studio has been turned into a museum in his honor.