The period from the 1920s to the 1950s is known as the Mexican Renaissance, and Siqueiros was active in the attempt to create an art that was at once Mexican and universal.
Razdoblje od 1920-ih do 1950-ih poznat je kao meksička renesansa i Siqueiros je bio aktivan u pokušaju da stvori umjetnost koja je bila ujedno meksička i univerzalna.