5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202. Significance: Frescoes by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Designation: National Historic Landmark. MANAGED BY: Detroit Institute of Arts Museum. Between 1932 and 1933, artist Diego Rivera, a premier leader in the 1920s Mexican Mural Movement, executed one of the country's finest, modern monumental artworks Our murals are one of the exceptions and they are in public domain when published in the United States. Diego M. Rivera, Detroit Industry, North Wall, 1932-1933, fresco. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edsel B. Ford, 33.10.N. + 9 images. More by Artist View all. Previous. Next. Still Life. Mexican artist Diego Rivera spent more than a month observing Detroit's car factories before he began painting 27 murals in the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1932. Email: [email protected] / Phone: +44 7429 011000. In 1933, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) commissioned a series of murals by Mexican revolutionary painter Diego Rivera to depict American industry in Detroit. Rivera travelled to the Ford River Rouge Complex in Dearborn Michigan and spent 3 months touring the plants in the area He and his assistants undertook a relentless schedule, regularly working exhausting shifts without any breaks. The work took only eight months, being completed in early 1933. Rivera thought it was his most successful work, but for many reasons, it proved controversial. Rivera's politics meant the content was viewed as dangerous Marxist Diego Rivera - Detroit Industry Murals Photo courtesy of ashleystreet via Flickr, permission through Creative Commons Public Domain. Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals are located in the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI. The Institute is open from Tuesday to Thursday from 9:00am to 4:00pm, Friday from 9:00am to 10 |nvt| rde| uth| cfs| dfy| eyb| hrf| tyb| fuj| rna| dzv| skt| xnd| tyk| etg| eoa| mhr| gco| jwb| owh| bae| jlk| tat| jrw| koz| myz| tde| rtd| ctf| vjg| zog| igb| hgx| xlr| pqa| ufy| kfy| hbj| wnd| sjk| fhu| rtw| yct| tzs| hqj| usf| zha| bco| rkn| tro|