1934 - Art

Art

Painting: The Bullfight, The Female Swimmer, and Nude Asleep in a Landscape by Pablo Picasso; Homage to Mack Sennett by René Magritte; The Guitar Lesson by Balthus, whose scandalous work will rarely be displayed; William Tell by Salvador Dali; Abraham Rydberg (watercolor of a clipper ship) by Lyonel Feininger; A Circus Master by Walt Kuhn; Lord, Heal the Child, Homestead, Ploughing It Under, and Going Home by Thomas Hart Benton.

Muralists Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros return to Mexico following the election of Gen. Cárdenas to the presidency. Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts (Palacio de Bellas Artes) is completed after 30 years of work with painting and sculpture galleries, a museum of popular arts, a theater, and a concert hall. Murals by Rivera, Orozco, and other Mexican artists decorate its lobbies.