I just got back from San Diego, and was finally able to see the mural that my great grandfather painted at the Air & Space Museum there. It's called the March of Transportation, and covers transportation through the prehistoric times, up to what he envisioned transportation would look like in the year 2000. It's the largest mural in all of North and South America, and the 3rd largest mural in the world! It's over 10,000 square feet, so I obviously couldn't photograph the whole thing...but here are some shots that I took. Pretty cool, huh?
Here's what the museum writes about it:
Over 10,000 square feet of murals were painted on the building's interior walls. Designed by famed Mexican artist Juan Larrinaga and entitled The March Of Transportation, the principle mural chronicles man’s ideas and methods of transportation through history, offering insight into what the artists of the 1930s predicted for the future of transportation.
Here's a link I found with more info too:
http://search.blossom.com/query?id=207&key=larrinaga
Oh and for those people who think I make up the story about him being the artist for King Kong....
http://www.filmreference.com/Films-Jo-Ko/King-Kong.html
