RIVERA, DIEGO

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A3 GICLEE:  THE FLOWERED CANOE BY DIEGO RIVERA

Limited Edition Giclee Print
Size: 13" x 19" (with border)
Status: Unframed

Item Description

LIMITED EDITION A3 GICLEE PRINTS

Each reproduction is created using UV stable pigment based archival inks on Premium Picture paper, designed for the highest quality professional images, color intense, 10 mil, heavy weight, water resistant, acid-free. This unique paper provides instant drying and water resistant properties, eliminates smudging and fading, while the acid-free base materials ensure that each Inkjet Giclee print will still look great years from now.

Shipping via USPD, Processing Fees, and Handling:  $20.00

What is the difference between a GICLEE Print

and a Poster or Standard Quality ¿ART PRINT¿?

SURFACE:  ALLOWS MUCH MORE INTENSITY of COLOR SATURATION!  Posters and typical art prints use less expensive papers that do not absorb the vibrant intensity of the artists¿ application of colors.  GICLEE PRINTS as described above DO!! 

NUMBER OF INKJETS and TYPE of INKS used:  A typical print; even most lithographs are produced with a limited number/range of color inkjets.  Using archival inks and a much more effective replication process with more inkjets and colors;  the variables and details of each work are much better represented in accordance with how the original artist painted them.

Item Special Note

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Diego Rivera:

Diego Rivera was a talented Mexican painter associated with the muralist movement. A communist, he was often criticized for creating paintings that were too controversial. Along with José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siquieros, he is considered one of the ¿big three,¿ most important Mexican muralists. Today he is remembered as much for his volatile marriage to fellow artist Frida Kahlo as he is for his art.

Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was born in 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico. A naturally gifted artist, he began his formal art training at a young age, but it wasn¿t until he went to Europe in 1907 that his talent truly began to blossom.

1907-1921 Rivera¿s Years in Europe:

During his stay in Europe, Rivera was exposed to cutting-edge avant garde art. In Paris, he had a front row seat to the development of the cubist movement and in 1914 he met Pablo Picasso, who expressed admiration for the young Mexican¿s work. Leaving Paris when the First World War broke out, he went to Spain, where he helped introduce Cubism in Madrid. He would travel around Europe until 1921, visiting many regions including southern France and Italy, and would be influenced by the works of Cezanne and Renoir.

Return to Mexico and Beginnings of the Muralist Movement:

Returning to Mexico, Rivera soon found work for the new revolutionary government. Secretary of Public Education José Vasconcelos believed in education through public art, and commissioned several murals on government buildings from Rivera as well as fellow painters David Alfaro Siquieros and José Clemente Orozco. The beauty and artistic depth of the paintings gained Rivera and his fellow muralists international acclaim.

International Work:

Rivera¿s fame earned him commissions to paint in other countries besides Mexico. He traveled to the Soviet Union in 1927 as part of a delegation of Mexican communists. He painted murals at the California School of Fine Arts, The American Stock Exchange Luncheon Club, and the Detroit Institute of the Arts, and another was commissioned for the Rockefeller Center in New York. However, it was never completed due to controversy over Rivera¿s inclusion of the image of Vladimir Lenin in the work. Although his stay in the United States was short, he is considered a major influence on American art.

Return to Mexico:

Rivera returned to Mexico, where he resumed the life of a politically active artist. He was instrumental in the defection of Leon Trotsky from the Soviet Union to Mexico: Trotsky even lived with Rivera and Frida Kahlo for a time. He continued to court controversy: one of his murals, at the Hotel del Prado, contained the phrase ¿God does not exist¿ and was hidden from view for years. Another, this one at the Palace of Fine Arts, was removed because it included images of Stalin and Mao Tse-tung.

Marriage to Frida Kahlo:

Diego met Frida Kahlo, a promising art student, in 1928; they married the year after. The mixture of the fiery Kahlo and the dramatic Rivera would prove to be a volatile one: they each had numerous extramarital affairs and fought often. Rivera even had a fling with Frida¿s sister Cristina. Diego and Frida divorced in 1940 but remarried later the same year.

Rivera¿s Final Years:

Although their relationship had been stormy, Rivera was devastated by the death of Frida Kahlo in 1954. He never really recovered, falling ill not long after. Although weak, he continued to paint and even remarried. He died of heart failure in 1957.

Legacy:

Rivera is considered the greatest of the Mexican muralists, an art form which was imitated around the world. His influence is greatly important in the United States: his paintings in the 1930¿s directly influenced Franklin Roosevelt¿s work programs, and hundreds of American artists began creating public art with a conscience. His smaller works are very valuable and many are on display in museums around the globe.