Monday, December 13, 2010

Santa Anita Promenade


Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957)
Santa Anita Promenade
1923-38, Ministry of Education, (Mexico City).

Sent by Karen, a postcrosser from Oregon, USA.

This is from Wikipedia : Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Gto, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo (1929–1939 and 1940–1954). His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

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