Jose Chavez Morado (1909-2002) Born in Silao, Guanajuato, this great
painter was a master of various techniques although he is most known by his
contributions to the Muralist movement in Mexico.
Chavez Morado became
interested in the arts through his grandfather who had a large library with
books on history, literature and poetry. When Chavez Morado was 18 years old, he
left Mexico for the United States and Canada to work in the salmon fishing
industry and later met muralist Jose Clemente Orozco at the Pomona College
California. The meeting was a turning point for his career. And in 1944, his
first exhibit was shown at the Galeria de Arte Mexicano (known as the famed
Galeria Pita Amor until 1935).
Chavez Morado's mural of Venetian mosaic
can be seen on the wall of the science faculty at the main campus of the
National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. Other famous examples
of his work include the impressive Quetzalcoatl mural at Centro Medico Siglo
XXI, as well as the tower which sustains the so-called "umbrella" (resembling a
"pre-Hispanic" depiction of the earth and the underworld) at the National
Anthropology Museum's main patio.
Jose Chavez Morado was awarded the
National Arts Prize in 1974 and received an honorary degree from the National
Autonomous University of Mexico in 1985. In addition, Chavez Morado founded the
Integracion Plastica Workshop at La Ciudadela in Mexico City to share and teach
other artists.
Serigrafía numerada y firmada por el maestro José Chávez Morado, medidas aproximadas 60 x 45cms, papel con marca de agua, fechada en 1973
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