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This second part extends from the illustrious words of DiegoRivera returned to Mexico in June 1921 until his death. After spending nearly fourteen years in Europe reached a Mexico in the middle stage of reconstruction, in which the revolutionary leaders who emerged triumphant arms had changed by the speeches and promises of change. Devourer of news from any part of the cultural and politicalspectrum, the artist not only brought with them their knowledge of the European avant-garde but the desire to put in writing theirviews on art, politics and the works of his contemporaries. Wroteabout himself, and much, but over all artistic expression to callyour attention. He wrote much as he painted, with the sameexpressive power with the same passion. Urgent verbal reactionsto their own works, to put forward the social function of art andartistic creators call to form a united front to the side of the peasants and workers. Along with the works presented areexcerpts from texts that reflected the painter left his aesthetic ideas. In this book the reader can enjoy a little spread DiegoRivera, to which we must not only see but also read.
Chronicles the life of Mexican artist Diego Rivera and discusses the artists who influenced him, his involvement in Communism, his family life, and other related topics.
The catalog Diego Rivera, famous words, 1886-1957 is the result of exposure of the same name in the Diego Rivera Studio Museum, dedicated to providing a visual tour of Rivera's reflections on art. It presents a combination of a selection of textsand quotes from Rivera and images made by Rivera himself orby the artists who in one way or another had a place in his memory. Words illustrated, illustrations speaking, these pageswe face moments in the history of art in the vision of a great creator. Diego Rivera, in addition to the exceptionalqualities that distinguished him as a painter, was possessed of a strong liberal education that served as support their vastintellectual reflections. While in the scaffolding, running a mural, facing reclined on canvas or a pad, sketching a drawing, Riverawas brought into deep meditations on art and the complexintricacies of its evolution throughout history, and also reflection on the duties of the creator, either to society or to the future of the discipline.
Diego Rivera is celebrated by Gerry Souter as a virtuoso Mexican muralist, where he could express at once his legend and myths, his technical talent, his intense story-telling focus and self-indulgent ideological convictions. His easel paintings and drawings also constitute a large body of both his early and late work and are represented in the book. Gerry Souter, the author of the remarkable Frida Kahlo, overcomes his huge admiration for Diego Rivera to give the artist a human dimension, found in his political choices, his love affairs and his belief that this truth was Mexico, the language of his thoughts, the blood in his veins, the azure sky above his resting place.
The creator of amazing works of art--and great controversy--this Mexican muralist's political beliefs and marital infidelities fueled his artistic expression.
Colorful rendition of muralist Diego Rivera's life story.
Discusses the life of Diego Rivera and describes his unique style of art.
Diego Rivera’s America revisits a historical moment when the famed muralist and painter, more than any other artist of his time, helped forge Mexican national identity in visual terms and imagined a shared American future in which unity, rather than division, was paramount. This volume accompanies a major exhibition highlighting Diego Rivera’s work in Mexico and the United States from the early 1920s through the mid-1940s. During this time in his prolific career, Rivera created a new vision for the Americas, on both national and continental levels, informed by his time in both countries. Rivera’s murals in Mexico and the U.S. serve as points of departure for a critical and contemporary...
This revealing biography covers the life and art of painter Diego Rivera. Diego Rivera: A Biography presents a concise but substantial biography of the famous and controversial Mexican artist. Chronologically arranged, the book examines Rivera's childhood and artistic formation (1886–1906), his European period (1907–1921), and his murals of the 1920s. It looks at the work he did in the United States (1930–1933) and follows his career from his subsequent return to Mexico through his death in 1957. Drawing from primary source materials, the book reveals facts about Rivera's life that are not well known or have not been widely discussed before. It explores his tempestuous marriage to renowned painter Frida Kahlo and looks at controversial works, such as Rivera's 1933 mural for the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, which featured a portrait of Communist party leader Vladimir Lenin, and was officially destroyed the following year.
Here are the life and works of Diego Rivera: folk hero, husband of Frida Kahlo, and one of Mexico's greatest artists. His giant murals depicting social change still grace the halls of Mexico's public buildings. Much of the photography for this book required scaffolding to achieve the greatest accuracy and show Rivera's murals in detail.