Oppression, depression, and work in the murals of diego rivera.

摘要

Diego Rivera (1886-1957), Mexican artist and Marxist, was an esthetically celebrated but politically contentious figure of the mid 20th century. He was a muralist—first using encaustic and then fresco—who painted in France and Italy alongside Modigliani and Soutine and was influenced by Picasso, Cezanne, and the Aztec art of his native Mexico. He was frequently commissioned in the United States to make murals that celebrated the supremacy of American work.