*The Flower Carrier*

Our featured painting by Diego Rivera is The Flower Carrier. Notice the bold, bright colors he uses. With the use of shadows he makes the subject stand out from the background of the painting almost as if the figures are outlined. How does he repeat the colors? Compare the size of the man to the size of the woman. The man is carrying the heavy load, but he appears to be a smaller person than the woman putting the load on his back.

Diego Rivera ( de A go rih VEH rə) was born in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1886. He had a twin brother, but his brother died when he was only a year and a half old. His mother became depressed and sent little Diego to live with his nurse Antonia, an Indian woman. She cared for him in a small village high up on the mountain.

When he was six years old Diego's family moved to Mexico City. Diego loved to draw and his father made a studio for him by covering the walls with black canvas on which he could draw with chalk. He loved drawing soldiers, but he was not destined to be a soldier. He was sent to military school at age 10, but only stayed for a short time.

He enrolled in evening art classes at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. He studied there for five years , but was later expelled for participating in student revolts at the school. These experiences were only the beginning of the controversy which would surround Rivera throughout his life. At age 16 he left and started his career as a painter.

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Summary:

The painting, The Flower Carrier, is a painting that used very bright color, and it really make the subject stand out from the other part of the drawing. The man who carried the bucket seems to be smaller then the women behind who seems to be loading stuff on the man.

Diego Revera was born in Guanajuato, Mexica in 1886. He had a twin brother, but he was dead, and he had a sister but she was also dead when he was 6. His mother sent him to live with the nurse because she was depressed.

He moved to Mexico when he was 6, Diego loved drawing, his father made a studion the wall was covered with black canvas, and so he could draw on it with chalk. He liked drawing soldiers, but his destiny is not being a solider. He went to the military school at 10, but didn’t stay there for too long.

He joint the art class at San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, studied for 5 years, but being expelled because he joint the student revolt at school. He started his carrier as painter at the age of 16.

Who? Painter: Deigo Rivera

What? Painting: A man and a woman

When? 1935

Where? It’s in the “San Francisco Museum of Modern Art” now

What?

This article is about a famous painting “The Flower Carrier” and a painter name Deigo Rivera, a short part of his early life.

How?

It’s oil and tempera on Masonite, which is a kind of board.

Why?

I think he wants to express his feeling through drawing, and this painting is just his opinion about the community, because this painting has some special meaning in it. From what I’ve researched, it says that flower is a symbol of luxurious, but the flower carrier wouldn’t see that, because they are not “use values” but “exchange values”.

Personal opinion:

I think the painting is very beautiful, and it’s very meaningful, I think it’s a really nice painting, because the color is not very bright, but it’s clear and bold, and it’s really detailed, so I like this drawing.

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