América Tropical (1932)
David Alfaro Sequeiros
DESCRIPTION: 19.7-foot high by 98.4-foot wide fresco mural on cement wall
This historic fresco's full title is "América Tropical: Oprimida y Destrozada por los Imperialismos" / "Tropical America: Oppressed and Destroyed by Imperialists" and Sequeiros was assisted by twenty unnamed "Bloc of Mural Painters" artists.
Partially whitewashed in 1934 and completely whitewashed circa 1938 due to controversy over some of its images, the fresco was much later documented, protected and preserved between 1971 and 2012.
The fresco was re-opened to the public in 2012, coinciding with the establishment of the América Tropical Interpretive Center. It is now only fully visible from a second-level viewing area at the América Tropical Interpretive Center. Special viewing hours are seasonal.
This historic fresco's full title is "América Tropical: Oprimida y Destrozada por los Imperialismos" / "Tropical America: Oppressed and Destroyed by Imperialists" and Sequeiros was assisted by twenty unnamed "Bloc of Mural Painters" artists.
Partially whitewashed in 1934 and completely whitewashed circa 1938 due to controversy over some of its images, the fresco was much later documented, protected and preserved between 1971 and 2012.
The fresco was re-opened to the public in 2012, coinciding with the establishment of the América Tropical Interpretive Center. It is now only fully visible from a second-level viewing area at the América Tropical Interpretive Center. Special viewing hours are seasonal.
LOCATION: second floor exterior wall of the Italian Hall, Olvera Street, El Pueblo, Los Angeles, California, USA
DETAIL OF NOTABLE CENTER SECTION:
