Diego Rivera Cubist painter and muralist
Niñez y Familia Guanajuato, Mexico Twin- died at age 2 Began drawing on walls o No punishment, instead encouragement 3 marriages- 4 children
Artistic Background studied in Europe o Cubism, Frescos return to Mexico o Frescos and murals o Revolutionary Union of Technical Workers, Painters and Sculptors o Mexican Communist Party Moscow, Russia United States o Industrial life
Influences Politics (communism) Mexican society after 1910 revolution Lovers Large, simple figures- bold colors
Leading Ladies Don Juan Character Wife 1- Angelina Beloff (1911) o Son- Diego Maria Stebelska (1918) o Daughter- Marika Wife 2- Guadalupe Marin (1922) o Daughter- Ruth o Daughter- Guadalupe Wife 3- Frida Kahlo (1929) o Divorced in 1939 o Remarried 1940
United States ‘Fame’ Rockefeller Building Communist leaders painted with US founding fathers Destroyed/Covered up? Heightened popularity o Detroit o NYC
Rockefeller Reproduction
Leon Trotsky, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx
Politics in Painting
Palacio Nacional, Mexico City