DIEGO

RIVERA

El Vendedor                                                      Frida Kahlo

Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter and muralist born in Guanajuato City, Guanajuato. He studied painting in Mexico before going to Europe in 1907.

PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES IN EUROPE

While in Europe he had (1) ..………………….. in Paris and Madrid in 1913.He also had a show in New York in 1916. In 1921 he returned to Mexico, where he painted murals sponsored by the government that reflected his politics in (2) ……………….. contexts.

Considered the greatest Mexican painter of the twentieth century, Diego Rivera had a profound effect on the international art world. Among his many (3) …………………….., Rivera is credited with the reintroduction of fresco painting into modern art and architecture.

MEXICO'S BEST-LOVED PAINTER

Rivera’s talent for historical frescoes and his tributes to earthy folk

(4) …………………… made him one of the most influential artists in America and one of Mexico’s best-loved (5) ……………………….

Frescoes are mural paintings done on fresh plaster. Using the fresco form in universities and other public (6) ……………………., Rivera was able to introduce his paintings into the everyday lives of the

(7) ………………….. ..... Rivera was mainly interested in the physical process of human (8) ……………………… and the effects of technological progress.

His (9) ……………….……..political views and marriage(s) to the painter Frida Kahlo were controversial and are still the subject of debate in art circles  to the present day.

Throughout the 1920s Rivera’s fame as a painter grew as he produced a number of large murals depicting scenes from Mexican history. His work appealed to the people’s (10) …………………… in the history of technology and progress.

He died on 24 November 1957 in Coyoacán, Mexico, at the age of 69.

ELECCIONES:

1. a) music b) breakfast c) exhibitions d) excavations

2. a) historical b) hamburger c) hysterical d) highly

3. a) toys b) contributions c) puppies d) arms

4. a) televisions b) technology c) text d) traditions

5. a) matadors b) drivers c) politicians d) painters

6. a) buildings b) rivers c) grass d) evidence

7. a) people b) panic c) earth d) publicity

8. a) show business b) lies c) development d) food

9. a) radial b) radical c) polished d) unknown

10. a) apathy b) relax c) interest d) art

RESPUESTAS:

1c, 2a, 3b, 4d, 5d, 6a, 7a, 8c, 9b, 10c.