American Masters

Orozco’s paintings were destroyed by U.S. customs agents

In 1917, José Clemente Orozco left Mexico to find a better place to make art in the United States. Along the way, Orozco was detained in Laredo, Texas, where officials took issue with many of his paintings and deemed them “immoral.”

Orozco’s paintings were destroyed by U.S. customs agents

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