José Chávez Morado, born in 1909, was one of the greatest 20th century Mexican muralists, focused on political and social factors of the Mexican revolution and embraced his heritage much like Dr. Atl had. He was the last of one of the greatest 20th century muralists, who greatly influenced Mexican styled art, this paper will discuss his life journey, accomplishments, and two of his great works/murals. The purpose of this is to gain insight on one of the 20th centuries greatest artists, and examine his work from multiple perspectives to give us understanding and view his work in a different light. Jose, created engravings, illustrations, cartoon drawings, sculpture, murals, canvas painting, frescos, bronze, glass, and was one of the first
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In 1931, he was awarded a grant by the government of Guanajuato to study at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas under Francisco Díaz de León3. After his schooling, he honed in his artistic ability to reproduce works of art, and set off on his career by working at the corner of his father’s store drawing caricatures of customers and those who wanted to pay for it1. He established his art career in the 1930s, starting by teaching drawing classes in primary and secondary schools in 19333. He stared this new journey with his newly wedded wife Olga Costa in 1935, who was a German immigrant who attended Fine Arts Central School2. In 1935, He was named chief of the Department of Fine Arts of the Secretaría de Educación Pública, and gave classes on drawing. Later on, in 1937, Jose became a member of the Mexican communist party5, although he went in and out of membership, his ideas and stance on the subject did not. His ideologies only became stronger after he traveled to Cuba and Europe, …show more content…
On the left are represented three helpless and frightened men, wrapped in their own arms, with a dark world around them, meaning death and fear. With the discovery of fire, man managed to tear through the darkness, lite their torches lighting the fire in their present and pointing to the future. An atom representing the sun lights up the atmosphere of the new era. The work concludes with the healing of a man by the energy, symbolized by a woman who vanishes. The two trees represent the two extremes: one is thorny, sign of darkness and despair before the discovery of fire and the other one is full of golden fruits as an allegory of civilization attained by mankind. It was made for the universities (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)) science department, symbolizing how far humans have come since the discovery of fire, and also how the discovery of fire has impacted the growth and development of mathematical and scientific discoveries. The color used is transitional from dark shades on the left, then there is a light source (fire), and in the middle of the mural are warmer colors used to paint strong men with fire (hope?), and on the right side colder colors again, possibly representing the mystery of the future, not knowing if it will be warm or cold, but not
In 1931, he was awarded a grant by the government of Guanajuato to study at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas under Francisco Díaz de León3. After his schooling, he honed in his artistic ability to reproduce works of art, and set off on his career by working at the corner of his father’s store drawing caricatures of customers and those who wanted to pay for it1. He established his art career in the 1930s, starting by teaching drawing classes in primary and secondary schools in 19333. He stared this new journey with his newly wedded wife Olga Costa in 1935, who was a German immigrant who attended Fine Arts Central School2. In 1935, He was named chief of the Department of Fine Arts of the Secretaría de Educación Pública, and gave classes on drawing. Later on, in 1937, Jose became a member of the Mexican communist party5, although he went in and out of membership, his ideas and stance on the subject did not. His ideologies only became stronger after he traveled to Cuba and Europe, …show more content…
On the left are represented three helpless and frightened men, wrapped in their own arms, with a dark world around them, meaning death and fear. With the discovery of fire, man managed to tear through the darkness, lite their torches lighting the fire in their present and pointing to the future. An atom representing the sun lights up the atmosphere of the new era. The work concludes with the healing of a man by the energy, symbolized by a woman who vanishes. The two trees represent the two extremes: one is thorny, sign of darkness and despair before the discovery of fire and the other one is full of golden fruits as an allegory of civilization attained by mankind. It was made for the universities (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)) science department, symbolizing how far humans have come since the discovery of fire, and also how the discovery of fire has impacted the growth and development of mathematical and scientific discoveries. The color used is transitional from dark shades on the left, then there is a light source (fire), and in the middle of the mural are warmer colors used to paint strong men with fire (hope?), and on the right side colder colors again, possibly representing the mystery of the future, not knowing if it will be warm or cold, but not