ROBERT COANE
- THE PATHFINDER MURAL -

A massive expression of exuberant radicalism and color portraying nationalist and revolutionary leaders
from around the globe at the Pathfinder Publishers building on the corner of Bank and West Streets was unveiled in 1989.
More than 200 international artists worked on the project for over two years.

LOLITA LEBRÓN
PUERTO RICO

WITH LEBRÓN PORTRAIT


LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM LOLITA LEBRÓN

LEBRÓN ARRESTED AT CAPITOL IN 1954

LOLITA LEBRÓN IN 2006

FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA GROUP
WITH CATALÁN WORKERS

FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA
SPAIN
SELF-PORTRAIT AS
CATALÁN VOLUNTEER


DETAIL WITH NANYEMBA, EVERS,
PARKS AND L'OUVERTURE

ROSA PARKS
USA

MEDGAR EVERS
USA

PAINTING THE MEDGAR EVERS
PORTRAIT

HO CHI MINH
VIET NAM

LETTERS ON THE PORTRAIT OF HO CHI MINH

TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
HAITI

CELIA SÁNCHEZ
CUBA
PETER NANYEMBA
NAMIBIA

1. LORCA GROUP 2. PETER NANYEMBA, MEDGAR EVERS, ROSA PARKS
3. TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE 4. CELIA SÁNCHEZ


5. HO CHI MINH 6. LOLITA LEBRÓN


1989


2001

"I want my paintings to inspire a sense of optimism in the face of the seriousness of the human predicament."
~ ANTHONY TONEY


THE UNVEILING - 19 NOVEMBER 1989

SIGNING THE MURAL

When the flags veiling the mural came down..., that glorious burst of colour!

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