I had almost decided not to post this, hence my second choice Helen Forbes is already posted.
I like this post much better and the reason I didn’t post it earlier is that I suddenly remembered someone else posting on him a while ago.
Then I thought, well there are maybe some people who didn’t see the other post, so to who ever posted this guy before (sorry but can’t remember who you are) you have great taste.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was born Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez in Guanajuato, Gto. He was a world-famous Mexican painter, an active Communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo, 1929-1939 and 1940-1954 (her death). Rivera's large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance.
Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City.[1] His 1931 retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City was their second.
Lots more very interesting info here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera
Great site and pictures of his mural work
http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm
also check this one out, the Mural project
http://www.riveramural.com/home.asp?language=english
my hubby loved him and concequently we saw all his work in Mexico personally he is so good
ReplyDeletethanks for the memory loretta a wonderful post
Dear loretta thanks for posting Art of Diego Rivera , i did n't know about him ... his Art is fantastic ,
ReplyDeleteAnd i enjoyed it very much . {{{ Hugs}}}
he is my favorite mexican painter! LOL, i was going to post some of his art work sometime this week. ; D
ReplyDeletewas it you posted him before??? I know someone did but I can't quite remember,
ReplyDeleteI did him a while back he is so good
ReplyDeleteI have seen some of his work in various places. There is a lot of it in the State of New Mexico. I enjoyed this post very much .
ReplyDeleteok maybe that's where i remember it from then................he is certainly a fantastic artist, so alive and so much expression in all those figures and faces.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know he did anything in New Mexico-
ReplyDeleteThere are wonderful murals of his in the Detroit Institute of Art. This is where I first made his acquaintance. The Detroit murals show factories and industry and were and still are controversial. People felt there were hidden Marxist or socialist messages in the murals. The bosses look mean, the workers look dull or captive. But they are magnificent murals and are the showpiece of the DIA.
ReplyDeleteBetween him and Frida Kahlo there is quite of body of great work.
ReplyDeleteI was looking at some of his wife's work just the other day. The 'Hombre al Cruce' is a very interesting painting.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know of him before this.
ReplyDeleteI particularly like the light in the second image.
I really enjoyed this post. I'm glad you decided to post it after all. Rivera's art is more to my taste than that of Forbes.
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