José Reyes Meza's work has been classified as part of the Mexican muralism movement, but this has been disputed. His iconography, especially in his earlier work, is similar to that of Muralism's Diego Rivera, Guillermo Meza, Julio Castellanos and Jesús Guerrero Galván, with Reyes Meza's concept of “Mexicanness” tied to the life of the common people. He spent a good part of his career working on murals, which show his aptitude for mathematics, used to create harmony in his compositions.
