Diego Rivera

José Chávez Morado, born in 1909, was one of the greatest 20th century Mexican muralists, focused on political and social factors of the Mexican revolution and embraced his heritage much like Dr. Atl had. He was the last of one of the greatest 20th century muralists, who greatly influenced Mexican styled art, this paper will discuss his life journey, accomplishments, and two of his great works/murals. The purpose of this is to gain insight on one of the 20th centuries greatest artists, and…

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who was best known for the self-portraiture work which she created during her career (Fridakahlo.org, 2014). Early on in her life it was her ambition not to become a painter but rather a doctor. This ambition was however quashed when at the age of 18 the bus she and her boyfriend were traveling on was struck by a tram. As a result of this horrific accident Frida Kahlo had to spend one year in a hospital bed, recovering from the massive injuries to her body. Over…

An artist’s world experience in life can be a major influence on how they create and develop their artworks. Frida Kahlo (born 1907, died 1954), Gordon Bennett (born Australia 1955) and Edvard Munch’s (born in 1863, died 1944, Ådalsbruk, Norway) are all famous artists from different times of the era who express their worlds from all display their extreme experiences and journeys in life throughout their artwork. Frida Kahlo's artwork 'The Miscarriage' made in 1932 displays Kahlo's experience…

Set Centuries apart in completely different points in time, two artists in particular Frida Kahlo and Judith Leyster created individual masterpiece self-portraits. Considered as one of Mexico’s greatest artists alive, Frida started painting after suffering injuries in a bus accident (Bio). Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. Many of her works are self-portraits that symbolically express her own pain and sexuality (The Complete Works). As rare in…

Latino/Chicano culture to accept that we all know, live and work with someone who identifies homosexual/transgender, especially in San Francisco of all places.” The next day, gallery workers and volunteers worked hard all day to create a fresh image. Ani Rivera, the gallery’s director stated, “We will fix it. And we will fix it as many times as we need…

such as the expansion of capitalism, industrialism and Latin American culture in the United States. Gaps between the social classes began to arise quickly and the lower classes were affected greatly with poverty and strains to their labor work. Diego Rivera a Mexican painter created “the Flower Carrier” an oil based Masonite in 1935 as a method with the painting of bright colors, geometric shapes, bold style and a simple yet complex underlying message of the everyday unskilled worker and their…

Exposure to Reality As Jennifer Elisabeth said in her book Born Ready, “I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-old self…that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when I was little, before the world got its hands on me.”In other words, society has corrupted our way of living in our culture. Our own personal culture that we are familiar with and a part of can shape how we view ourselves very deeply. It gives us a defining sense of self and can dictate what our values become.…

David Alfaro Siqueiros was considered one of the three great muralists that led the Mexican Mural Movement in America through exceedingly political and symbolic murals. His mural, Portrait of Mexico Today (1932), is not just a piece of decorative art that once stood in the home of Dudley Murphy, but it is now acknowledged in a public setting as a descriptive narrative of Mexico. Siqueiros’s mural, Portrait of Mexico Today (1932), stands at 170 square feet with a political message and narrative…

The female Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, famous for her self-portraits and her own personal experiences occurring during the period of her life where she was having an identity crisis “along with the rest of the post-revolutionary Mexico” (Frida Kahlo - Identity/Duality, Gillingham, Amie). A lot of her identity crisis revolved around both her separation from her homeland and the struggles and problems that it was facing. Her father being a German Jew and her mother being of an ingenious…

The painting “Self-Portrait on the Border Between Mexico and the United States” by Frida Kahlo represents the sharp contrasts of two neighboring countries. The painting is about a growing industrial United States with the contrast of the falling of Mexico. She paints herself in a pink dress on top of a pedestal in between the countries. The impression on the painting is that the painter is unwelcoming with the new changes. She is Mexican; therefore, her heritage can be seen by the flag. Her…