Carlos Lopez
A Cuban-born muralist whose New Deal scenes remain in Michigan post offices.
This artist's work is shown through the museum and artist links on this page while it remains under copyright or awaits a permission-cleared image.
Lopez was born in Havana and immigrated in 1919. He worked at Ford's Rouge plant, directed the Detroit Art Academy from 1933 to 1937, taught at the Meinzinger Art School, and joined the University of Michigan in 1945.
His post office murals include Plymouth Trail in Plymouth, Bounty in Paw Paw and Pioneer Society's Picnic in Birmingham. He taught at Michigan until his death in 1953.