... Mexican muralism made a significant and lasting impact on the art produced by African Americans associated with the New Negro movement of the interwar period. Like their Mexican counterparts, African-descended artists in the United States were seeking to create a class-conscious artistic vision...

... murals Federal Art Project politics, socialism ...

... Mexican mural movement Diego Rivera Nicaragua public art Mexican Revolution ...

... the Mexican mural movement (Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros) and points out connections with European avant-gardes. The chapter follows the mural movement’s increasingly original developments in Mexico and then concentrates on the more recent Nicaraguan public mural paintings...

... The revolutionary nationalist spirit found expression in the arts, much as it had in Mexico earlier in the century. Following the Mexican example, talented artists such as Walter Solón Romero (1927–99) and Miguel Alandia Pantoja (1914–75) worked with the new government, painting dramatic murals...