Diego RivieraBy: Rebecca Dow

Who?Full name: Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera

About: was a prominent Mexican painter and the husband of Frida Kahlo.

Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico to a well-to-do family.

Rivera began drawing at the age of three, He had been caught drawing on the walls. His parents, rather than punishing him, installed chalkboards and canvas on the walls.

"It was always the ambition if Diego riviera to express in plastic form the events, ideas and hopes if the Mexican revolution. In order to find a tool suitable for this expression, Diego had to experiment with the technique of fresco painting. This technique consists of painting directly on the wet mortar (mixture of lime and sand). So that the color penetrates and when it dries it fixes it."

Paintings and MuralsMany of rivieras paintings and murals are both bright and dull. There isn't much of a background. The brightest part of this painting is the pink and yellow. The man carrying the basket is also painter bright to make him stand out more, while the woman is painted in darker shades. The painting shows what possibly could be a Mexican slabs having to do their duty, being helped by another slave, and it shows how they were treated.

Compare and contrastMexico NewZealand

Mexico Similar New Zealand

Art is created on different medians for example: Ceramics, paper, stone

Similar techniques and tools e.g. Paint and paint brushes

Mainly done on canvas

Theme of festivals and days, e.g day of the dead,

Mexican revolution

Based around culture

Kiwiana themed

A lot of detail and meaning in the paintings Bright colors

Simple paintings with meanings of either Maori or

kiwiana.

Between Mexico and New Zealand

Compare and contrastMexico South Africa

Between Mexico and S!" Af#ca.

Mexico Similar South Africa

Art is created on different medians for example: Ceramics, paper, stone

Bright, ColorfulA lot of detail and different medias

Theme of festivals and days, e.g day of the dead,

Mexican revolution

Relate to their cultures

Created on "natural" canvases, and resources.

A lot of detail and meaning in the paintings

Similar techniques and painting styles.

More detail, and colors relating to the flag.

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