Detroit Industry - North Wall by Diego Rivera (609 Piece Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle)

When the great Mexican artist Diego Rivera arrived in Detroit in 1932 to paint the walls at the Detroit Institute, the city was a leading industrial center of the world. But, unfortunately, the town was also hit the hardest by the Great Depression.Rivera painted all the processes related to the motor car assembly. The blast furnace glows orange and red at extreme temperatures to make molten steel. It is poured into molds to make ingots that are then milled into sheets. Every part of the assembly line is represented - from mold-making in the upper left to the final assembly in the foreground. The vignettes are accurately rendered with engineering precision, engaging us with every part of the process. Although he was painting in a city devastated by the Great Depression, this is not a depressing painting. Instead, Rivera focused on the production's modernistic and high-tech side and its impact on workers. He captures in the mural panels the technology of the Rouge, the brilliant flow of