Chávez Morado, José
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Chávez Morado, José
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Chávez Morado
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José
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José Chávez Morado (Silao, Guanajuato, México, 4 de enero de 1909 - Silao, Guanajuato, México, 1 de diciembre de 2002) fue un artista plástico mexicano de corriente nacionalista, exponente de la tercera generación de la denominada Escuela Mexicana de Pintura, junto con autores como Juan O'Gorman, Raúl Anguiano y Alfredo Zalce.
José Chávez Morado (4 January 1909 – 1 December 2002) was a Mexican artist who was associated with the Mexican muralism movement of the 20th century. His generation followed that of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Although Chávez Morado took classes in California and Mexico, he is considered to be mostly self-taught. He experimented with various materials, and was an early user of Italian mosaic in monumental works. His major works include murals at the Ciudad Universitaria, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes and Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City as well as frescos at the Alhóndiga de Granaditas, which took twelve years to paint. From the 1940s on, he also worked as a cultural promoter, establishing a number of cultural institutions especially in his home state of Guanajuato including the Museo de Arte Olga Costa - José Chávez Morado, named after himself and his wife, artist Olga Costa.