Diego Rivera : : an Artist for the People

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"Diego Rivera offers young readers unique insight into the life and artwork of the famous Mexican painter and muralist. The book follows Rivera's career, looking at his influences and tracing the evolution of his style. His work often called attention to the culture and struggles of the Mexican working class. Believing that art should be for the people, he created public murals in both the United States and Mexico, examples of which are included."--Amazon.com. Includes "Where to view works by Diego Rivera" and a glossary.

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excellent book! submitted by fairytale on June 19, 2014, 9:35am This is an excellent book for kids or adults interested in learning more about Diego Rivera. The text was easy-to-understand, there were lots of great photographs and the book was filled with lots of interesting information. Highly recommend!

recommend submitted by 23lisq on July 3, 2015, 9:33pm Great read for all ages. Photographs are very well done.

excellent submitted by rjsjwilliams on August 1, 2015, 11:21am Since Diego Rivera's mural is at theDetroit Institute of Arts. this would be a wonderful book to read before going therel The photographs are suburb and the text was easy to understand and very interesting.