JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO was born in 1883 in Ciudad Guzmán, a pro-
vincial city in the Mexican coastal state of Jalisco. He was educated at the Agri-
cultural School of San Jacinto, the National University, and the San Carlos Acad-
emy of Art. Architecture was his intended career, and for a time he was as-
sociated professionally with the architect Carlos Herrera, but after 1909 he
applied his talents entirely to painting, drawing, and print making. As one of
the leaders of the "Syndicate of Painters and Sculptors" he played a major
role in the development and flowering of modern art in Mexico.

Mural painting was the major interest of this group and the fame of
their achievements in this field has now spread throughout the entire world.
Most critics today consider Orozco the most original and powerful mural paint-
er of the group. Outstanding examples of his work are in Mexico City, in
Guadalajara, at Pomona College in California, and here at Dartmouth.

Orozco died of a heart attack in 1949 at his home in Guadalajara. The
house and studio are now a museum-workshop under the jurisdiction of the
National Institute of Fine Arts.

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