

The movement was originally created by the desire to promote feelings of pride and nationalism in a country that was attempting to pick up the pieces left by the revolution. As it appeared out of the fragile peace that was left in the country at the end of the revolution, Mexican muralism proved to be an incredibly poignant movement at the time.Īs the Mexican mural movement promoted the creation of mural paintings, this style encouraged a big cultural change in terms of the art that was already being produced.Īs the country was under the rule of the post-Mexican Revolution government at the time, Mexican murals aimed to reunite citizens through the various social and political messages that were communicated in the artworks.Ĭenter of Diego Rivera’s wide mural Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central (Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central) (1946 – 1947), located in the Museo Mural Diego Rivera in Mexico City, Mexico Diego Rivera, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons



6 Famous Mural Painters and Their Artworks.5 Mexican Muralism in the United States of America.2 A History of the Mexican Mural Movement.
