Siqueiros, "Portrait of Mexico Today," 1932, Santa Barbara Museum of Art

On Sunday I took a train to Santa Barbara and visited the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.  I was particularly interested in seeing the David Alfara Siqueiros mural that was moved from Los Angeles to the museum.  The mural was done by fresco, a process of painting on cement applied to plaster on a wall.  The mural had been painted on a wall of a patio building at the home of a wealthy supporter of Siqueiros. It is one of the 3 murals completed by the artist in the U.S.  The other two were painted over. This one was in good condition as it was protected by the covered patio in a private home in the Pacific Palisades.  It was donated by the owner of the house to the museum and moved...the whole patio building...to the museum.

Here are my photos of the mural and building:

This is a panorama photo of the mural.  

This is the building that has housed the mural for 83 years that was moved to the front of the museum in Santa Barbara.