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Diego
Rivera
Mexican [1886-1957]
SOMBRERO MAKER; 1934
Ink on paper
14 3/4 x 10 1/4 ins.
Sold @ $ 5,500
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Diego Rivera was a Mexican
painter who produced murals on social themes. He was
born in Guanajuato and educated in Mexico City. He
studied painting in Europe between 1907 and 1921. Rivera
returned to Mexico in 1921 and became prominent in the
country's revival of mural painting. Believing art
should serve working people and be readily available to
them, he concentrated on creating large frescoes
portraying the history and social problems of Mexico. He
painted them on the walls of public buildings, including
the National Palace in Mexico City (1929) and the Palace
of Cortes in Cuernavaca (1930). Greatly influenced by
indigenous Mexican art, Rivera's murals are simple and
bold and, as social comment, have aroused much
controversy among political and religious groups in both
the United States and Mexico.
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