América Tropical: Oprimida y Destrozada por los Imperialismos is a 98-foot fresco mural painted in 1932 by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros on an exterior wall of the Italian Hall on Olvera Street in Los Angeles. Commissioned by the Plaza Art Center for a cheerful tropical scene, Siqueiros instead depicted a Maya-like pyramid surrounded by twisted trees, centered on an indigenous figure crucified on a double-edged cross beneath a perched American eagle, with destroyed pre-Columbian sculptures at the base and two Mexican revolutionary snipers taking aim at the eagle from the pyramid's flank. The mural proved so controversial that it was painted over not long after completion and remained hidden for eighty years until the Getty Foundation and the City of Los Angeles restored and unveiled it in 2012, now viewable from a dedicated interpretive center. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created LocationItalian Hall, Olvera Street, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Los Angeles 1 Commissioned By Medium
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América Tropical is a 98-foot wide fresco mural (30 m) created in 1932 by David Alfaro Siqueiros and other artists in Los Angeles, California, on a second-level exterior wall of the Italian Hall.
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América Tropical is a 98-foot wide fresco mural (30 m) created in 1932 by David Alfaro Siqueiros and other artists in Los Angeles, California, on a second-level exterior wall of the Italian Hall.
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It was painted over soon after its completion on an external wall of the Italian Hall on Olvera Street, in El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument of Downtown Los Angeles.
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Siqueiros came to Los Angeles as a political refugee in 1932 and was sponsored by the Plaza Art Center to create a mural that was supposed to be about happy men, parrots, and palms with fruit falling into the mouths of people.
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created in 1932
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was sponsored by the Plaza Art Center to create a mural
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América Tropical is a 98-foot wide fresco mural (30 m) created in 1932 by David Alfaro Siqueiros and other artists in Los Angeles, California, on a second-level exterior wall of the Italian Hall. It was painted over soon after its completion on an external wall of the Italian Hall on Olvera Street, in El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument of Downtown Los Angeles.
Created By: David Alfaro Siqueiros, Infobox: artist
David Alfaro Siqueiros
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is a 98-foot wide fresco mural (30 m)
In Form: Fresco, Lead
is a 98-foot wide fresco mural (30 m)
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