Man in a Grey Sweater - Paris 1914
El Vendedor de Alcatraces
Depict a Mexican peasant, and the burden carried by the country’s working class.
Instrumental to the revival of outdoor mural painting, Rivera (1886 – 1957) created frescoes portraying Mexico’s history and social problems in a form that working people could easily access. A strong supporter of revolutionary politics, Rivera expressed his dream of a socialist utopia to Mexicans, making him a legendary Mexican artist.
Fruits of labour – 1932
Man at the Crossroads – New York 1933 - supposedly destroyed because Rivera refused to remove Vladimir Lenin from the mural
Rivera then made copies and at least one is on view to the public
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