Analysis Of The Flower Carrier By Diego Rever

Paintings are expression in art form, they reveal the feelings of the painters, and convey the messages. One of the greatest painter that can reflect the lives of the Mexican people is Diego Rivera. Diego Rivera is famous for marrying a fellow Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, but is a notorious womanizer, also famous for his paintings. In one of the paintings, “Frozen Assets,” Diego Rivera visited New York during the Great Depression depicting the people and city in his paintings with colors with the meaning behind it.

This painting, The Woman Grinding Maize, shows what a lot of people feel about work; even though you don’t like it you still have to do it. The woman face expression demonstrates sadness, exhaustion and pain. I can see how she doesn’t have the best job but she still does her job with pride. This painting teaches me that I have to do the best job no matter how much I dislike it and take pride in what I do. Rivera really demonstrates these feelings in the woman grinding the maize, she is looking down with almost seems her to be nearly closed; her back is gloomed hunch backing down. Diego Rivera shaded her face down darker than the rest of her body to emphasize the sadness in her work. So based on all those details I feel as Rivera demonstrated these feeling openly. When I see this painting I see exactly what Diego is showing, the day-to-day life of a working woman.

Her paintings represented “the cultural nationalism of [Mexico]” (Meadows). She had a strong artistic style in which she showed her Mexican patriotism and her communist ideals. In addition, she also made political statements on the U.S. and the industrialization.

Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter and muralist who greatly changed the art world. He didn’t care what other people thought about his art and he painted what he saw, not what others wanted him to see. It was his’s creative manner and approach that set him apart from other artists; it was what made him one of the most renowned artists that existed during his time period. This paper will present the

A while back my uncle took my brother and me to a trip to the Museum of Contemporary of Art in San Diego. However, on that day, the museum had an event of Mexican heritage artist. I do not remember exactly all the details on that day, but fortunately, I do remember one painting I was able to remember, the “Flower Seller.” At the time, I could not understand why the picture had impact me and was the only one I can remember well. When I was young, I thought the young girl was decorating, but now I doubt she was decorating it. Today, I do not know what the girl is doing anymore. Is she about to carry it? What is in the background? Is she in a market or a field? And why is it that I remember this painting so well?

Nearby Diego painted a portrait of Paulette Goddard, holding in her hands what she called in a press release, “the tree of life and love”. Just looking at their close proximity you see that they is harmony, happy as a family the fusion between two cultures coming together. (Diego Rivera My Art, My Life) You also see nearby Diego, is his wife Frida Kahlo she is an established Mexican artist who is influenced by indigenous Mexican cultures she symbolizes the passion of the traditions of the Latin American lands he painted a portrait of her in traditional Tehuantepec clothing and wearing a skull pendant around her neck and tiny earrings, (a gift from Pablo Picasso) but the necklace was a symbol of Coatlicue Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and the God of the sun and war. The importance of indigenous woman. (Understanding the Evolution of Diego Rivera’s pg 50,51) Diego Rivera then goes on by saying “and the high mechanical developments of the United States” which you see Dudley Carter, an American sculptor and sophisticated engineer who symbolizes the north and

Diego’s love of art started when he was just 4 years old. His parents always bought him colored pencils and pens, which he would draw all over the walls and furniture. By the time he was 9, he had made his decision that he wanted to be a professional artist. His mother enrolled him into art classes at the

Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter whose work was very influential to both Mexican and American cultures in the early twentieth century. Rivera was very passionate about his work and hoped to change the world one day with his creations. His work was rather expressive, showing his historical Mexican roots while also going along with the many revolutions and displaying radical views in his paintings. Rivera’s work is important to the history of art and to the societies of Mexico and America.

Directly above his head, yet still connected to his head is a semi-circle of an image of a woman holding a baby. It appears that the image is a memory, perhaps of his mother holding himself or his wife holding their child. The man is surely a representation of the artist and this is “his life”. He seems to be the focus of the painting and the overall theme appears to be memories layered throughout. Right above the original semi-circle is another semi-circle of four small, colorful squares. Each square is red, yellow, and blue in color reminding me of the artists’ Hispanic origins. Moving inward from the darker, gray and white outer portion of the painting seems to be a bookcase with three separate images. Each image is of a man painting on a canvas. These three separate images of a man painting throughout the artwork could be the artists’ memories of his father, or a significant man in his life. The grays, blacks, and white used show the artists’ darker memories, while the vibrant, beautiful colors symbolize the joyous ones. Similarly, the softer, warmer colors that the artist uses represent his love, appreciation, and admiration towards his father. Overall, the painting is a memory timeline that

Today we will take a look at some paintings from colonial Mexico and see some of the ways they were portrayed. Topic 1 17th Century: From Mannerism to baroque.

Often the culture relied on the blending of old and young. Having the death of a great soldier on one side and the entering of youth on the other, I believe this vase was meant to show a contrast of old and young, and of the death and birth of

Diego Rivera (1886–1957): A Mexican painter. Born in the mining town of Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1886, Diego, who studied at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City, went to Europe in 1907 and returned to Mexico in 1910. He again moved to Europe as a sign of a rebellion and stayed there until 1921 when he returned to Mexico. While in Europe, Diego formed friendships with Picasso and Braque and was influenced by cubism. After returning to Mexico, he approached indigenous cultures, pursuing to incorporate people-themed social realism into his works and express society from dynamic compositions. He established the foundation for Mexican popular art and created Man at the Crossroads (1934), a large mural painted on a public building for Mexican art. The Café Terrace (1915) and The Flower Carrier (1935) are among his famous pieces. He died of cancer in 1957, three years after Frida Kahlo’s death (Rivera Diego, 1960).

Diego Rivera’s famous painting, The Flower Carrier, is immensely encoded with significant social and cultural messaging. Rivera paved a path for many artists to express powerful social ideas through the medium of art and forms. The Flower Carrier allowed immeasurable masses of people to change the way in which they interact with the world; it had the power to alter the spectator’s worldview by giving them truth through visual story telling. Examining this piece offers a clear lens into the socio-political climate of the entire time period in which it lays and continues to have political weight in our further modernized world. The Flower Carrier is largely encoded with Marxist ideas, highlighting the plight of the working class in the face of

This piece is called, “The Flower Carrier.” It was paining by Diego Rivera in 1935 and he was as known painter for over 50 years. Right in the center of the painting you see a young man struggling to lift a basket of flowers. The picture isn’t a very vibrant image it is darker, but what stands out are the flowers. The background is just an ordinary bush, so it can take place anywhere. Another thing that is noticeable is the clothing of the male and female that it’s from a Hispanic style clothing.

Copley’s piece titled Portrait of a Lady in a Blue Dress created in 1763 by John Singleton Copley, represents an unnamed female portrait painted with oil on canvas. The piece currently resides in the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The work of art can be seen from one side only because it hangs on the wall. There is a great deal of indications in the painting to show the viewer who this woman was and how she ranked high within society.