Diego Rivera

Throughout his career Rivera has been a political figure as well as a prolific mural and easel painter, with ability to incite controversy in both politics and art. One of the controversies over Rivera arose from his mural at the Hotel del Prado, Dreams of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda. What outraged Catholics and […]

Diego Rivera: “Detroit Industry” I was very intrigued by “Detroit Industry”, a massive mural painted by Mexican Muralist Diego Rivera. The artist depicts a part of history, considering both the working conditions within a major automobile factory of the era and a glimpse of social and political issues on the enormous mural. The “Detroit Industry” […]