This picture enrages me

[Recursion]

[csziggy]

1. Interesting that I never heard of Diego Rivera but have heard of Freda!

Perhaps that is simply because I have had little exposure to murals but her smaller paintings are easier to view in prints and online.

That article is offensive on so many levels.

[Warpy]

3. It also reflects the times

because he was extremely famous world wide, painting huge murals while she did small paintings on canvas and boards that were rarely offered for sale. He once predicted she'd eclipse him, saying she was the better painter, and it did ultimately happen.

So at the time, they reported what they saw, having absolutely no appreciation for art.

ETA: Diego Rivera's paintings (he did do some canvas work) are well worth looking for. His works are intensely political while hers were more surreal and dreamlike.

[csziggy]

8. I guess I prefer the surreal and dreamlike style ;) nt

[lunasun]

5. He is very famous . His work is in many art museums and the national palace

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera

[csziggy]

7. I recognize some of his pieces from the article you link

But never have been exposed to any of his murals in person. What I see of his work online is not appealing to me.

[lunasun]

14. I saw and heard a lecture on one in Mexico City in English . I returned the next day to hear

the lecture again. Some of his are very out right philosophical , or political. Others are very cryptic and need to be explained his work was censored in many countries . perhaps like themore familiar art of Michelangelo s painting there are unspoken commentary aplenty in many of the murals
The mural I heard the lecture on
http://www.diegorivera.org/dream-of-a-sunday-afternoon-in-alameda-park.jsp

[Warpy]

12. One of my favorites: El Vendator De Alcatraces

The peasant in the flower market bent down under the heavy burden of something most people consider light as a feather, calla lilies.



It was a theme he used more than once.

His collected works are at http://www.diego-rivera-foundation.org/the-complete-works.html

[lunasun]

19. I enjoy his murals and the various themes

But yes the beautiful Calla lily art.
I wrote above about a mural I saw and went back to hear the same lecture on it 2 days in a row. There was so much to take in.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. ...really?

I mean, I've heard of both of them, but I had a relative hanging out down there with the two of 'em and Trotsky.

True story.

[tammywammy]

10. Dallas Museum of Art currently has an impressive display of Mexican artists on display

Including Diego Rivera. https://www.dma.org/art/exhibitions/m-xico-1900-1950-diego-rivera-frida-kahlo-jos-clemente-orozco-and-avant-garde

[Stargleamer]

2. I think this so-called "dabbler"

completely overshadowed her husband. My guess is her paintings fetch millions nowadays.

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4. She was great but I wouldn't go that far. They were both consequential artists.

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13. Eh. Frida is universally taught in art classes, and Diego is not

His work is really interesting, but it's just not at the level that hers was.

[brush]

16. I went to art school. His work along with the other two major Mexican muralists who perfected the...

the use of acrylic paint is most definitely taught.

Guess you didn't go to art school.

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17. Right, that's my point: I took two general art history surveys, and Freda's work was covered

and Diego's wasn't

Which is exactly what I was saying.

[brush]

18. Because your experience left out a major artist you seem to think his work is not taught

Hah!

Why put down his work because of your lack of knowledge?

They are both important artists in art history and both are extensively taught.

[kskiska]

6. Rivera was commissioned to paint a mural at the entrance to the new Rockefeller Center

Rivera was a known Communist and made Lenin a focal point of the mural, "Man at the Crossroads. He refused to remove Lenin when asked, so Rockefeller had the mural destroyed.

[PA Democrat]

11. The mural was recreated on a smaller scale from photos taken before the Rockefeller mural was

destroyed. The recreation is located in Mexico city at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. I saw it many years ago along with murals depicting the history of Mexico that he painted at the National Palace.

[Grammy23]

15. Thanks for mentioning this. I was pretty sure I saw those murals in Mexico City

as a teenager on a family vacation in the 1960s. The style is very recognizable.

[lunasun]

20. Good read below for those not familiar with the history of the mural you are discussing

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/09/287745199/destroyed-by-rockefellers-mural-trespassed-on-political-vision