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Diego Rivera : The Complete Murals Author: Luis-Martín Lozano

ISBN: 9783836568975 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 640 Published: 20 February 2018 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 37.2 x 4.5 Description: Latin American folk hero, husband of Frida Kahlo, devout Communist, and Mexico's most important artist: the oeuvre of Diego Rivera is finally done justice in this monograph constituting the most comprehensive study of his work ever made. More than a half century after his death, Rivera's story, complete mural works, and recently discovered pieces are brought to life alongside private photos and drawings. A veritable folk hero in Latin America and Mexico's most important artist-along with his wife, painter Frida Kahlo-Diego Rivera (1886-1957) led a passionate life devoted to art and communism.

After spending the 1910s in Europe, where he surrounded himself with other artists and embraced the Cubist movement, he returned to Mexico and began to paint the large-scale murals for which he is most famous. In his murals, he addressed social and political issues relating to the working class, earning him prophetic status among the peasants of Mexico. He was invited to create works abroad, most notably in the United States, where he stirred up controversy by depicting Lenin in his mural for the Rockefeller Center in New York City (the mural was destroyed befor...

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