Month: August 2022

• Charles Sheeler and machine-age anxiety

  

  Charles Sheeler and Diego Rivera jumped at the chance to depict a revolutionary manufacturing complex nicknamed “The Rouge.” Do their paintings celebrate the potential of machines to liberate us from drudgery? Or do they warn us about the dangers of living in a technology-driven society?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-08-09

  Art, Art History, Charles Sheeler, Diego Rivera, Landscapes, Murals, Precisionism

  Charles Sheeler "American Landscape", Diego Rivera "Detroit Industry Murals", Great stories about great paintings