Diego Rivera - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Manuel Aguilar-Moreno , PhD, is professor of art history at California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. Erika Cabrera is an art historian who combines a career as teacher and gallery curator in Los Angeles, CA. Klappentext This revealing biography covers the life and art of painter Diego Rivera. Diego Rivera: A Biography presents a concise but substantial biography of the famous and controversial Mexican artist. Chronologically arranged, the book examines Rivera's childhood and artistic formation (1886-1906), his European period (1907-1921), and his murals of the 1920s. It looks at the work he did in the United States (1930-1933) and follows his career from his subsequent return to Mexico through his death in 1957.Drawing from primary source materials, the book reveals facts about Rivera's life that are not well known or have not been widely discussed before. It explores his tempestuous marriage to renowned painter Frida Kahlo and looks at controversial works, such as Rivera's 1933 mural for the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, which featured a portrait of Communist party leader Vladimir Lenin, and was officially destroyed the following year. Zusammenfassung This revealing biography covers the life and art of painter Diego Rivera. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Timeline: Events in the Life of Diego Rivera Chapter 1 Childhood and Artistic Formation (1886-1906) Chapter 2 The European Period (1907-1921) Chapter 3 Murals of the 1920s Chapter 4 Rivera in the United States (1930-1933) Chapter 5 Again in Mexico (1934-1941) Chapter 6 Rivera and His Mexican Murals of the 1940s (1941-1949) Chapter 7 The Final Years (1950-1957) Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Manuel Aguilar-Moreno, Aguilar-Moreno Manuel, Erika Cabrera, Cabrera Erika
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2011
• EAN: 9780313354069
• ISBN: 978-0-313-35406-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Greenwood Biographies; Greenwood Biographies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; ART / History / General, Biography: arts & entertainment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Biography: arts and entertainment, Race and Ethnicity: Latino and Hispanic Studies