Reply #12: Beck is not only an idiot and a liar, He's a [View All]

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REALLY bad art historian. He fails to mention that Rockefeller originally wanted a modern mural by Picasso or Mattisse, and they refused. SO he was left with the only other prominent muralist Diego Rivera. When the Mural was finally unveiled, It did not align with what Rockefeller had expected or wanted and he strongly disapproved of the mural, its depiction of Lenin, and the political message. He ordered it covered for a year and then chisled off the wall and DESTROYED.

SO WFT IS BECK talking about?-people walking by this every day? AND NOT NOTICING? WHY? It doesn't exist!

"Although the Rockefeller family had put forward the idea for the theme “new frontiers”, Rivera disapproved with the Western world’s embrace of free enterprise. Choosing instead to follow his own political beliefs, Rivera painted scenes that depicted the modern worker confronted by a symbolic junction of industry, capitalism, socialism and science. The newest of the Diego Rivera murals was provisionally called “Man at the Crossroads Looking with Hope and High Vision to the Choosing of a New and Better Future.” The mural was spectacular and achieved Nelson Rockefeller’s goal of creating a work that was arresting and inspiring. Among some of the influential personalities portrayed on the canvas were Jean Harlow, Charlie Chaplin, Edsel Ford and the famous Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin.

Upon completion of the mural, Rivera revealed his work to the Rockefellers, but their response was not what he had expected. When Nelson Rockefeller adamantly demanded that Rivera remove the image of Lenin and replace it with the face of another historically influential leader, Rivera refused and the mural was subsequently covered for an entire year. Although many American citizens protested to what they perceived to be artistic censorship, the painting would never see the light of day in the States and it was eventually chiseled off the wall at Rockefeller’s request."

http://www.diego-rivera.org/article1-diego-rivera-murals.html