Man at the Crossroads - Wikipedia
WEBMan at the Crossroads (1933) was a fresco by Mexican painter Diego Rivera. Originally slated to be installed in the lobby of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center in New York City, the fresco showed aspects of contemporary social and scientific culture. As originally installed, it was a three- paneled artwork.
Destroyed By Rockefellers, Diego Rivera Mural Trespassed On ... - NPR
WEBMar 9, 2014 · When Mexican artist Diego Rivera was commissioned in 1932 to do a mural in the middle of Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, some might have wondered whether industrialist tycoon John D....
Stories of Iconic Artworks:Diego Rivera's Rockefeller Mural
WEBIn 1932, Diego Rivera was commissioned to create a mural in the middle of Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center. He was in the midst of a prolific period, having just enjoyed a successful retrospective at the MoMA in 1931 and having completed mural projects in San Francisco and Detroit.
Man at the Crossroads by Diego Rivera
WEBMan at the Crossroads by Diego Rivera. Man at the Crossroads was a fresco by Diego Rivera in the Rockefeller Center, New York. The painting was controversial because it included an image of Lenin and a Soviet Russian May Day parade.
Diego Rivera, Man at the Crossroads - Smarthistory
WEBThe most notorious controversy of his career came as he painted Man at the Crossroads, the mural for Rockefeller Center’s Radio Corporation of America (RCA) building in 1933 (the fresco that he later based Man, Controller of the Universe on). Of the hundreds of characters in Man at the Crossroads, Lenin caused the most debate.
Diego Rivera | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
WEBPhotograph shows Diego Rivera painting his mural "Man at the Crossroads" at Rockefeller Center, New York, which was controversial and finally destroyed.1933. Library of Congress. He was a...
Destruction in Rockefeller Center | American Experience | PBS
WEBAlmost 25 years after the fact, Diego Rivera writes his own version of the controversy over the Rockefeller Center mural. When Nelson Rockefeller decided to decorate the main floor of his...
Diego Rivera's Man at the Crossroads - PBS
WEBBy 1930, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera has gained international favor for his lush and passionate murals. Inspired by Communist ideals and an intense devotion to his cultural heritage, Rivera...
Daughters Back An Artful End To The Rivera-Rockefeller Rivalry Story - NPR
WEBFeb 24, 2015 · Capitalist Nelson Rockefeller and painter Diego Rivera clashed over a political mural in the 1930s. Now their daughters have teamed up to preserve both their fathers' legacies and the art...
Diego Rivera and the Rockefellers - MoMA
WEBApr 26, 2012 · Key to these discoveries was a series of conversations between the show’s curator, Leah Dickerman, and David Rockefeller, Sr., who was a teenager when Rivera was in New York and remembers his visits to the family home and the controversy around the artist’s mural at the RCA building (now known as the GE building).
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