Casa Orozco: Luis Barragán and José Clemente Orozco’s Guadalajaran Masterpiece

© Lorena Darquea

This article is a part of a collaboration with coolhuntermx.com. It was originally published under the title “Luis Barragán and José Clemente Orozco,The House They Built Together “, written and photograped by David Lozano Díaz in collaboration with Lorena Darquea.

There’s a lot of discussion surrounding Casa Orozco as to who the real creator is —Luis Barragán or José Clemente Orozco. And even though we know that one of them was responsible for the architecture, the answer still remains unclear. Orozco returned to Mexico in 1934, by invitation from the Mexico City government, after a seven year stint in New York. Once he arrived, he was commissioned to paint a mural inside the Palacio de Bellas Artes. Afterwards, he received commissions from the Jalisco Government to paint a series of murals for three public buildings in Guadalajara.

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