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LeRoy Foster (1925–1993) was an American painter from Detroit, Michigan. He is best known for the large murals he painted on the walls of Detroit institutions, such as “The Life & Times of Frederick Douglass,” at the Detroit Public Library’s Frederick Douglass Branch, and “Renaissance City,” at Cass Technical High School.
The Detroit Industry Murals (1932–1933) are a series of frescoes by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, consisting of twenty-seven panels depicting industry at the Ford Motor Company and in Detroit. Together they surround the interior Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Painted between 1932 and 1933, they were considered by Rivera to ...
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Detroit is known worldwide as one of America’s top cities for street art, with hundreds of murals covering walls all around the region. 8 downtown murals that help make Detroit one of the top U ...
1949. Royal Oak, Michigan. Died. 1996 (aged 46-47) Nationality. American. Known for. Commercial Art. Janet Anderson (1949–1996) was a successful Detroit commercial artist.
Charles McGee (December 15, 1924 – February 4, 2021) was an American artist and educator known for creating paintings, assemblages, and sculptures. His artwork is in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. He also had several large-scale public works in the city of Detroit.
1882. (1882) Type. oil painting. Location. Detroit Institute of Arts. The Nut Gatherers (Les Noisettes, literally, The Hazelnuts) is an 1882 oil painting by the French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It is one of the most popular pieces at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The painting was donated to the museum by William E. Scripps in 1954.
Jeune fille et sa suite (Young Woman and Her Suitors) Detroit Institute of Arts. 42°21′32″N 83°3′47″W / 42.35889°N 83.06306°W / 42.35889; -83.06306 (short title) 1970. Alexander Calder. sculpture. painted steel. 35 feet × 27 feet 6 inches × 19 feet (10 m 66.8 cm × 8 m 38.2 cm × 5 m 79.1 cm) Detroit Institute of Arts.