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Diego Rivera was a well-known Mexican painter whose work contributed to the emergence of the Mexican Muralist movement. Rivera was a devout Communist, and much of his art reflected his political beliefs. “Every artist who has been worth anything in art has been such a propagandist. I want to be a propagandist and I want to be nothing else. I want to use my art as a weapon.” Rivera died in Mexico City on November 24, 1957, at the age of 70. His works can be found in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museo Diego Rivera in Mexico City, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, among other places.
Mexican painter and muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros' work mirrored his Marxist worldview. For Siqueiros, art and politics were inextricably linked. His murals were generally filled with themes that backed his communist ideals, and they were large and bold. Siqueiros was also not hesitant to use art into his political activity. He was a founding member of the Congress of Soldier Artists. He also co-founded El Machete, a weekly newspaper that became the official outlet for the country's Communist Party, with Diego Rivera and Javier Guerrero. Siqueiros was sentenced to five years in prison by the Mexican government in 1959 for supporting a railroad workers' union. After his release in 1964, the artist continued to demonstrate his fervent support for left-wing issues. He was a passionate supporter of the new Cuban government and its leader, Fidel Castro, and an outspoken critic of the United States and its Vietnam war.
José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican painter who is often regarded as the most important fresco muralist of the twentieth century. After receiving harsh feedback from critics and moralists following the exhibition of his House of Tears paintings in 1917, Orozco was forced to flee Mexico for the United States, where he spent several difficult years in San Francisco and New York. In his final years, Orozco was hailed as a national hero for leading the drive to elevate Mexican art to international prominence. In 1945, he wrote his autobiography. He was granted the Federal Quinquennial Prize by Mexico's president in 1947, recognizing him as the most outstanding Mexican personality in the arts and sciences.
Frida Kahlo, considered one of Mexico's best artists, was born on July 6, 1907. After being severely injured in a bus accident, she began painting largely self-portraits. Later in life, Kahlo became politically active and married Diego Rivera, a fellow communist artist, in 1929. Her works were shown in Paris and Mexico. Frida Kahlo painted The Broken Column, one of her most famous portraits, in 1944. She represented herself naked and divided down the middle in this picture. Frida Kahlo's celebrity has grown after her death. In the year 1958, her Blue House was turned into a museum. In 1970s the interest on her work and life are restored because of the women's activist development, since she was seen as a symbol of female innovativeness. In 1983, Hayden Herrera distributed his book on her, A Biography of Frida Kahlo, which drew additional consideration from the general population to this incredible craftsman.
José Guadalupe Posada, (born Feb. 2, 1851, died Jan. 20, 1913), was a printmaker whose works, frequently expressionistic in content and style, were compelling in the improvement of twentieth century realistic art. He started to work with Antonio Vanegas Arroyo until he had the option to build up his own lithographic studio. From that point on, Posada attempted work that procured him famous acknowledgment and deference, for his comical inclination, and affinity concerning the nature of his work. From the episode of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 until his demise in 1913, Posada worked eagerly in the press. The works he finished in his press during this time permitted him to foster his creative ability as a designer, etcher and lithographer. At the time he kept on making humorous delineations and kid's shows highlighted in the magazine, El Jicote. He assumed a vital part for the public authority during the administration of Francis Madero
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