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Title: Volume 076-2 - April 2022 Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Collection Name: Nevada County Historical Society Bulletins # of Pages: 4 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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NCHS Bulletin April 2022 His artistic mural and painting style was certainly very influential not only in Mexico and California, but also around the world. “In fact, it was Mexico’s government-sponsored program, brought to attention in the United States..that would serve as the impetus for incoming president Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s WPA Federal Art Program.’ During Rivera’s lifetime (1886-1957), his murals and paintings appeared all over the world. He had a deep historical interest in indigenous people, both in Mexico and in North America, and often included them as models in his works. As early as 1931, his art was shown in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2018 his painting “The Rivals” sold in the United States for $9.76 million. The Getty Trust hopes that the “Miners Sketchbook,” an understudied gem, will yield further interesting data and a clearer picture of Rivera’s considerable influence on the art world in the 1930’s and following. Today both his and Kahlo’s pictures hang in most of the world’s great museums. Endnotes Rivera, Diego, Portrait of America. New York and London: George Allen and Unwin, 1934, 14. 2. Gelber, Stephen, “New Deal and Public Art in California, New Deal Art: Santa Clara, CA: 1976. 3. Gaehtgens, Barbara, “Riveras Aufbach nach Kalifornien” in Weber, Carmen Sylvia, Carlos Fuentes, Carlos Monsivais, Simone Iris Riehle-Unkelbach, Barbara Gaehtgens, Juan Carlos Pereda, Erika Billeter, Francisco Toledo, and Beate Elsen-Schwedler. 2012. Mexicanidad: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera..Kuzelsau, Germany: Swiridoff Verlag, 2012, 69-87. 4, Alvarez, Mari-Teri and Charlene Villasenor Black, “Diego Rivera's ‘California Miners’ Sketchbook (1931): New Research on the Artist in California During the Great Depression.” Getty Research Journal, 185-196. JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. 5. Getty Research Journal, 188. Getty Research Journal, 185. Our thanks to first-time Bulletin contributor Elinor Barnes for this article. Elinor is a fourth generation Californian who has lived in Grass Valley for twenty-eight years. She holds master's degrees in Anthropology and Health Administration, the latter a field in which she worked locally and taught at Sierra College. She serves on the Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission for District 3. An Invitation to Our Bulletin Readers Authors and/or suggestions for topics are needed for future Bulletins. Members and non-members alike are invited to submit manuscripts or ideas for consideration to “Bulletin Editor, Nevada County Historical Society, 161 Nevada City Highway, Nevada City, CA 95959.” Bulletin Editor: Linda Jack . Design and Layout: Katy Hight . email: [email protected] EXECUTIVE BOARD President Daniel Ketcham Vice President Eric Trygg Executive Secretary OPEN Treasurer David Bard DIRECTORS Firehouse #1 Museum Cathy Wilcox-Barnes North Star Mining Museum Jeffrey Boylan Searls Historical Library Pat Chesnut NCNGRR/Transportation Museum John Christensen NCHS Books Division Desmond Gallagher Membership OPEN Archivist Gary Kisor Bulletin Editor Linda Jack Director-at-Large Brita Rozynski Director-at-Large Steve Fry Director-at-Large Vacant ALL MUSEUMS AND LIBRARY ARE FREE Firehouse No. 1 Museum 214 Main Street, Nevada City (530) 265-5468 May 1 to-Oct 31: Open Wed-Sun 1-4 pm Nov. . to April 30: Open by appointment North Star Mining Museum 933 Allison Ranch Road, Grass Valley (530) 273-4255 May 1 to Oct. 31: Wednesday-Sunday, 12:00 PM-4:00 PM Nov . to April 30: Open by appointment Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum 5 Kidder Court, Nevada City (530)470-0902 May 1 to Oct 31: Sat 9 am-4 pm Nov . to April 30: Open 10 am-4 pm Sat. Searls Historical Library 161 Nevada City Highway, Nevada City (530) 265-5910 Open Mon-Sat . pm-4 pm Closed Sundays & Holidays NCHS Books (Send orders to) 161 Nevada City Highway, Nevada City, CA 95959 [email protected] (530) 265-6394