Mural Movement - Hekiga Movement

Japanese: 壁画運動 - へきがうんどう

The movimiento muralismo (El Movimiento Muralismo) was an art movement that arose in Mexico, centered around artists such as Siqueiros, Rivera, and Orozco, who sought to create art suited to the new era following the Mexican Revolution (1911), depict the significance of the revolution in murals, and spread the message of the revolution to the masses far and wide. The idea of creating a mural to commemorate the Mexican Revolution had been around since the 1910s, but it wasn't realized until 1922, when the then Minister of Education, J. Vasconcelos, provided a wall for the National High School. Siqueiros, who returned to Mexico in 1922 and founded the Revolutionary Professional Painters, Sculptors, and Printmakers Union (1923), was the man who played a leading role in organizing the mural movement and its artists. Rivera played a leading role in the production process.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

メキシコ革命(1911)後の新時代にふさわしい美術を創造し，革命の意義を壁画に描き，広く長く大衆の間に伝えようと考えたシケイロスやリベラやオロスコを中心にメキシコで興った美術運動el movimiento muralismo。メキシコ革命を記念する壁画構想はすでに1910年代からあったが，その実現は22年，時の文部大臣J.バスコンセロスによって国立高等学校の壁面が提供されたときに始まる。この壁画運動の理論や画家の組織化で活躍したのが，22年に帰国し，革命的職業画家･彫刻家･版画家組合を結成(1923)したシケイロスであり，制作現場で指導的な役割を果たしたのがリベラである。

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