Rodolfo "Rudy" Escalera also known as "Rodolfo Escalera Vizcaíno" (June 1, 1929 – January 25, 2000) was a Mexican-American artist. Among other works, he created collectible plates for the 1984 Summer Olympics, which became "The Official Gift of the 1984 Olympics". Escalera also cre...
Diego Rivera, seated in front of a mural depicting the American “class struggle,” 1933.(more) Mexican painter Print Also known as: Diego María Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez Written and fact-checked by ...
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Unlike him, she did not appreciate the American atmosphere and way of life, whose habits and customs were too far removed from her culture. This painting represents the artist's disgust and weariness for the United States. She represents herself between the two countries, Mexico on the left an...
Susan Landau, of Krygier/Landau Contemporary Art on Beverly Boulevard, agrees that Chicanos might not know how to get into galleries. But she believes that great artists find their way in. “If you’re really a serious artist, you find a way to be with other artists. You don’t hang ...
the artist's imagery also evokes the collage-like, fragmented aesthetic and dreamlike suspension of Neo-expressionist painters of the 1980s, including David Salle and Francesco Clemente, who themselves were influenced by the German master, Sigmar Polke. Julio Galán's eclectic, romantic artistic styl...
In progressive artistic circles a new type of artist was developing, who saw art as political struggle and associated his work with the Mexican Communist Party. On Siqueiros’ initiative the Revolutionary Syndicate of Technical Workers, Painters, and Sculptors was organized in 1922. That year Rivera...
5. Paragraph 3 makes all of the following points about artist Diego Rivera EXCEPT A. He used elements of pre-Columbian art to help make a new, modern art. B. He tried to develop a visual language that communicated as clearly as native pictographs had. C. He used his art to express ...
Modern architecture has also flourished. Functionalism, expressionism, and other schools have left their imprint on a large number of works in which Mexican stylistic elements have been combined with European and North American techniques. In the great manufacturing center of Monterrey there are fine ...
As ever, it is the work of Mexican artist Manuel Álvarez Bravo that steals my heart. His work exudes the spirit of the country through its sensitivity and connection to the earth from which he was born. The light and form inBravo La Siesta de los Peregrinos;the light and form inRetrat...