Diego Rivera was born
December 8, 1886, Guanajuato City, Guanajuato, Mexico. He remains one of the
most famous Mexican painters of all time and worked as a painter and muralist
in the early 20th century in the Americas as well as Europe. His connections
introduced him to the world of surrealism and, from there, into the world of
the avant garde European art scene, in which he eventually met Picasso. He
followed Picasso into Cubism for a while, then studied renaissance art in Italy
before returning to Mexico in the early 1920s.
This is a mural
relating to the May Day Procession in Moscow an oil painting painted by Diego
Rivera in 1956. The formal elements within this painting – the lines creating
the curve outline of the path shows a continuous line in the foreground the depth
of the curve is sharper but as it goes further into the background it gets
finer. Perspective is the key in the painting not only creating depth but using
the connection between the colours in the rally flags and the people carrying
them. In the foreground a close up view of the rally flags showing an insight
on the celebration happening whilst the background represents the sense of
movement- Starting of small so the people looking squashed together and tight
and slowly separating when getting to the front. The feeling/emotions within
the painting can be the sense of joy and excitement but creating the feeling of
peace. The clever idea of having the blue circular balloon ball 3d shaped looks
like its rolling/being past down the rally the writing on their in different
languages showing the different types of people trying to convey the feeling of
togetherness and . Having the continuous rectangular sized banners lining up
with the outline of the path increasing the size as it gets towards the front
creates pattern. The tone starts of dull in the background but gradually gets
brighter in the foreground showing the detail and more of an idea of what is
happening.
The possible
influences on the work would be the time period of when the Cold War was going
in which told the story of two allies who defeated Hitler both sides tried to
destroy each other but tried not to let it get to actual fighting. This was
painted in relation to the war- Diego Rivera tried to convey the feeling of
‘peace’. Considering the artist himself Rivera was interested in the social problems and
hardships of everyday life.
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