Diego Rivera's "Detroit Industry" Murals

Loren was kind enough to comment on yesterday's "The People Working" series, saying that he found Spruance's work reminiscent of Diego Rivera's.   The artist Diego Rivera painted four walls of the Detroit Instititute of Art in 1932-33, using the fresco technique.  These murals depicting "Detroit Industry" have become world-famous.   The two lesser walls are --

East Wall

West Wall

Much more dramatic are these two full-wall treatments --

North Wall

South Wall

The "zoom" feature available on these pages permits us to get quite close to the murals' figures.  Quite exciting!

(Note: you might like to approach these from a slightly different point of view, using the museum's list of all four walls.) 

Comments

[loweb3]

I wish I had a copy of my mother-in-laws artwork where priests surround a huge tree. It reminds me a lot of the mural on the 4th wall.

Thanks for making the connection for me.

[Ciara]

It's always good to know you have stopped by, Loren. Thank you for your moral support over the years.