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<strong>Social</strong> <strong>Protest</strong> / <strong>Affirmation</strong><br />

Fighting for the Oppressed<br />

Part 1


Eugène Delacroix<br />

Liberty Leading the People<br />

1830 oil 8’6” x 10’8 Romanticism


Edvard Munch<br />

Workers on their Way Home 1915


Diego Rivera<br />

The History of Mexico – Epic of the Mexican People<br />

Palace of Fine Arts<br />

1929-1935 fresco<br />

In the 1920s, Secretary of Public Education, José Vasconcelos made a mission of educating the masses<br />

through public art and hired scores of artists and writers to build a modern Mexican culture.


Mexico Through the Centuries from Diego Rivera’s The History of Mexico - Epic of the Mexican People


Ancient Mexico from Diego Rivera’s The History of Mexico - Epic of the Mexican People


Diego Rivera<br />

<strong>Social</strong> Realist<br />

The Night of the Poor<br />

1923-28 fresco 81 1/8” x 62 5/8”<br />

From the History of Mexico:<br />

Persecution of the Indian Revolution, Independence<br />

Palacio Nacional, Mexico City 1929-35


Diego Rivera<br />

Sugar Cane<br />

1931 fresco 57” x 94”<br />

The New Freedom<br />

International Rescue Commission Bldg<br />

New York City<br />

1933 Fresco 72” x 71”


Thomas Gainsborough<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews<br />

1748<br />

Yinka Shonibare<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews<br />

Without Their Heads<br />

1998<br />

Mixed media<br />

65” x 224”


Ester Hernandez<br />

1981 2008


Favianna Rodriguez

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