Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Dean Cornwell was a muralist and illustrator. Among his most famous works are 16 panels at the Los Angeles Public Library depicting a pageant of California history. F. K. Ferenz (director of the Plaza Art Center), with artists Dean Cornwell and David Alfaro Siqueiros at Olvera Street. They are looking at a document, perhaps a plan. This is probably at the time that Siqueiros painted a mural at Olvera St. titled "América Tropical." David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican social realist painter, best known for his large murals in fresco. His mural, América Tropical, at Olvera Street, is still in place. Handwritten on negative: F. K. Ferenz, Dean Cornwell, David Alfaro Siqueiros
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1593 ark:/21198/zz002dc32g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Olvera Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Artists--American--California--Los Angeles Murals--California--Los Angeles Artists--Mexican--California--Los Angeles Ferenz, Franz K., 1889-1956 Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974 Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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