Estado mayor de bufones

José Clemente Orozcoc.1946

Details

Title: Estado mayor de bufones
Creator: José Clemente Orozco
Creator Lifespan: 1883 - 1949
Creator Nationality: Mexican
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Mexico City, Mexico
Creator Birth Place: Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico
Date Created: c.1946
Title translation: Buffoons' Chief of Staff
Physical Dimensions: w15 x h12 in
About the Work: Orozco is considered to be one of the most important 20th century muralists to work in fresco together with Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Unlike Diego Rivera’s more hopeful artistic depiction, Orozco’s art presented a pessimistic, satirical perception of Mexican society. Orozco was deeply disappointed with the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution and its failure to significantly change the lives of Mexican people. He created powerful presentations of the contrast between societal ideals and their corruption. Following the caricaturesque style of his drawings and his poignant criticism in Joint Chiefs of Buffoons the artist presents the Mexican army as an uncoordinated group of clowns.
Type: Painting
Rights: Gift of the Ziperovich Family in honor of Dr. Robert Gumbiner
External Link: Museum of Latin American Art
Medium: Oil on canvas laid on Masonite

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