Mexican Muralists: Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros »

Desmond Rochfort is a scholar of Mexican murals and a public mural artist whose previous work includes The Murals of Diego Rivera. He lives in London.

With beautiful color reproductions of major murals in Mexico and the United States, Mexican Muralists follows the careers of the three most prominent artists of the movement -- José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros.

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Follows the lives and works of the three most prominent artists of the Mexican mural movement, from their rural childhoods through the bloody years of the revolution to artistic maturity and prestigious commissions from the new state of Mexico. Text and stunning color reproductions locate the major murals in their cultural background and explore the artists' achievements within the political framework of their homeland. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.