Flirting with Rivera
14 x 14 inches Oil on Canvas
Art within Art Series
SOLD
I always found Calla Lilies to be a romantic flower.
Diego Rivera must have felt the same way as he used this flower is so many of his compositions.
Did you ever see some of the huge murals he did with this flower? He was so in tuned to the Mexican culture and did many murals depicting the Mexican culture that I was surprised that at one point his work was considered Art Deco.
All of the flora's here are from various Rivera paintings. The beautiful woman is from another of his works but I wasn't fond of the face her used so I completely changed it. Using the Art Deco carpet seemed to bring it all together. I especially like the suitor peeking through the doorway at her. Humm...wonder what he is thinking?
I took a chance with the color palette on this painting with adding mauve to the other colors but I really like the interest it created and I think it worked out really well.
Thanks to all my collectors for all your purchases and commission for this series.
More to come.
Have a great weekend.
Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y RodrÃguez (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Gto
His style was a version of what would later come to be recognized as Art Deco.
Rivera simplified his works again, adapting his new interest and study of renaissance art as well as his exposure to neo-impressionism and cubism to create his new style that would eventually evolve into art-deco. He was recruited back to the Americas with a plea to his Nationalism and took his task of creating art for and by the Mexican people very seriously.
His works started to get more complicated in Europe, with his study of neo-impressionism and cubism. He was particularly influenced by Cezanne, who inspired his study of the classics. He would later draw heavily from Gauguin and Rousseau in his depictions of Mexico.
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His style was a version of what would later come to be recognized as Art Deco.
Rivera simplified his works again, adapting his new interest and study of renaissance art as well as his exposure to neo-impressionism and cubism to create his new style that would eventually evolve into art-deco. He was recruited back to the Americas with a plea to his Nationalism and took his task of creating art for and by the Mexican people very seriously.
His works started to get more complicated in Europe, with his study of neo-impressionism and cubism. He was particularly influenced by Cezanne, who inspired his study of the classics. He would later draw heavily from Gauguin and Rousseau in his depictions of Mexico.
More on Rivera
Read More on Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera History
Diego Rivera Online
My favorite of the series so far! Maybe it's the colors but definitely the Calla Lilies!
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Beckie
Thanks so much Becky. I was great fun to paint too!
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