Diego Rivera – Shrimp Tacos
(Left) Diego Rivera, The Boy with the Taco / El Niño del taco (1932), lithograph, 43.18 x 30.16 cm(Right) Diego Rivera, The temptations of Saint Antony / Las tentaciones de San Antonio (1947), oil on canvas, 90 x 100 cm, Museuo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City. While attending the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City,...
Diego Rivera – Stacked Tortilla Torta
Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry: East Wall (detail) (1932-33), fresco, Detroit Institute of Art The Detroit Industry murals were completed by Diego Rivera in the early 1930s. The twenty-seven panels range in size from 518 x 1,370 cm to 60 x 182 cm and completely surround the viewer in the courtyard. The murals were created as...
Diego Rivera – Chipotle Chicken Enchiladas
Diego Rivera, Woman Grinding Maize (1924)Encaustic on canvas, 106.7 x 121.9 cm, Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City Diego Rivera is the world famous Mexican muralist who was an active Communist and was married to Frida Kahlo. His giant frescoes often tell a story which is similar in tradition to the Mayan steles. The subjects...