José Clemente Orozco: Hombre de Fuego (En Español)
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El artista José Clemente Orozco (1883-1945) encabezó el movimiento muralista en México.
La vida de Orozco es una de las grandes historias del arte moderno, repleta de drama, adversidad y logros extraordinarios. Un prodigioso pintor de caballete, Orozco fue, antes que nada, un artista público cuyos grandes logros incluyen murales creados no para mecenas individuales, sino para la sociedad.
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José Clemente Orozco: Hombre de Fuego (En Español)
Preview: 10/7/2023 | 40sVideo has Closed Captions
La vida de Orozco es una de las grandes historias del arte moderno, repleta de drama, adversidad y logros extraordinarios. Un prodigioso pintor de caballete, Orozco fue, antes que nada, un artista público cuyos grandes logros incluyen murales creados no para mecenas individuales, sino para la sociedad.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(music) - [Orozco] I offer this brief tale of my life.
There's nothing of special interest in it.
No famous exploits or heroic deeds.
No extraordinary or miraculous happenings.
Only the constant struggle of a Mexican painter to learn his trade and find opportunities to practice it.
(celestial music)
La chispa que encendió el interés de Orozco por hacer arte
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Clip: 10/7/2023 | 1m 25s | Orozco quedó cautivado por el trabajo del artista mexicano José Guadalupe Posada. (1m 25s)
La historia de “Hidalgo y la Independencia Nacional”
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Clip: 10/7/2023 | 1m 50s | Orozco pintó uno de los murales públicos más icónicos de México. (1m 50s)
Las pinturas de Orozco fueron destruidas en los EE. UU.
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Clip: 10/7/2023 | 1m 19s | Las pinturas de Orozco fueron destruidas por agentes de aduana en los EE. UU. (1m 19s)
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