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brush

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18. Because your experience left out a major artist you seem to think his work is not taught
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 11:33 PM
Apr 2017

Hah!

Why put down his work because of your lack of knowledge?

They are both important artists in art history and both are extensively taught.

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This picture enrages me [View all] Recursion Apr 2017 OP
Interesting that I never heard of Diego Rivera but have heard of Freda! csziggy Apr 2017 #1
It also reflects the times Warpy Apr 2017 #3
I guess I prefer the surreal and dreamlike style ;) nt csziggy Apr 2017 #8
He is very famous . His work is in many art museums and the national palace lunasun Apr 2017 #5
I recognize some of his pieces from the article you link csziggy Apr 2017 #7
I saw and heard a lecture on one in Mexico City in English . I returned the next day to hear lunasun Apr 2017 #14
One of my favorites: El Vendator De Alcatraces Warpy Apr 2017 #12
I enjoy his murals and the various themes lunasun Apr 2017 #19
...really? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #9
Dallas Museum of Art currently has an impressive display of Mexican artists on display tammywammy Apr 2017 #10
I think this so-called "dabbler" Stargleamer Apr 2017 #2
She was great but I wouldn't go that far. They were both consequential artists. brush Apr 2017 #4
Eh. Frida is universally taught in art classes, and Diego is not Recursion Apr 2017 #13
I went to art school. His work along with the other two major Mexican muralists who perfected the... brush Apr 2017 #16
Right, that's my point: I took two general art history surveys, and Freda's work was covered Recursion Apr 2017 #17
Because your experience left out a major artist you seem to think his work is not taught brush Apr 2017 #18
Rivera was commissioned to paint a mural at the entrance to the new Rockefeller Center kskiska Apr 2017 #6
The mural was recreated on a smaller scale from photos taken before the Rockefeller mural was PA Democrat Apr 2017 #11
Thanks for mentioning this. I was pretty sure I saw those murals in Mexico City Grammy23 Apr 2017 #15
Good read below for those not familiar with the history of the mural you are discussing lunasun Apr 2017 #20
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