Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Liberación del peón (Liberation of the Peon) 1931 Fresco on cement, 185.4 × 239.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Diego Rivera’s Liberation of the Peon makes visible the cruel and exploitative Mexican peonage system, which kept agricultural workers…
Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) 1948 Oil on hardboard, 120.7 x 90.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
(1896–1942) Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini The artist’s works: En las trincheras 1924–1928 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Escaleras, Ciudad de México 1924–1926 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Orozco Mural 1926 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Secretaría de Educación con murales…
Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954) Autorretrato dedicado a León Trotsky (Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky) 1937 Oil on masonite 76 x 60.96 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington © 2012 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico,…
(1879–1940) Lev Davidovich Bronshtein Trotsky in Art: Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954) Autorretrato dedicado a León Trotsky 1937 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Trotsky in Film: Stalin 1992 Director: Ivan Passer Starring: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond Frida 2002 Director: Julie…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Marevna (Portrait of Marevna) c.1915 Oil on canvas, 145.7 × 112.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Early in his career, Diego Rivera enjoyed a brief but sparkling period as a Cubist painter. After years of…
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Hilando (Weaving) 1936 Tempera and oil on canvas, 66 × 106.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Laboring at a backstrap loom in this painting is Luz Jiménez, a master weaver and Nahua, one of the largest Indigenous…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Exécution de l’Empereur Maximilien du Mexique (The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico) 1867 Oil on canvas, 48 x 58 cm Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’exécution de Maximilien (The Execution of Maximilian) c.1867–1868 Oil on canvas, 193 x 284 cm National Gallery, London Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of the Mexican firing squad that executed Emperor…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’exécution de l’empereur Maximilien (The Execution of Emperor Maximilian) 1867 Oil on canvas, 195.9 x 259.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In 1867, Maximilian, emperor of Mexico, was executed with two of his generals—Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía—by…