Siqueiros titled the mural America Tropical: Oprimida y Destrozada por ... "It was political commentary, pure and simple, on an 18-by-82-foot wall," curator Luis Garza says.

"Unlike plain tiles, they introduce a visual narrative — whether it’s the organic flow of stone effect tropical ... "I prefer simple, classic elements to complement the mural without competing ...

The San Francisco Bay Area native and Ladera Ranch resident has painted murals as full-time work for more than 30 years. “Tropical Harmony,” which she created for Art-A-Fair, prominently ...

The resulting mural, ‘America Tropical,’ scandalized L.A. elites who were perhaps expecting lush foilage and colorful birds. The centerpiece of Siqueiros’s mural depicted an Indian peasant ...

Mexican social realist painter David Alfaro Siqueiros created Olvera Street’s popular “América Tropical” mural introducing an innovative and unprecedented technique to muralism that ...

The mural, America Tropical, was supposed to depict a romanticized view of tropical America with lush forests and fruit bearing trees just in time for the Olympic games which were being held in ...

It's a mural by the great Mexican artist David Siqueiros, and it's called "América Tropical." The work was painted by Siqueiros in 1932, but less than a year later, it was whitewashed because of ...

The City of Los Angeles and the Getty yesterday opened a $10 million visitor center for the 80-year-old David Alfaro Siqueiros mural entitled "América Tropical." The City of Los Angeles and the ...

Los Angeles's "América Tropical" (1932), is only now receiving a roof. Ironically, its longevity is due to a paint-over that preserved it from the ravages of nature. Most murals, in a world of ...