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1926 Triumph of the Revolution 1930 Zapatas Horse 1933/1934 Man, Controller of the Universefresco originally for Rockefeller Center, 1923 The EmbraceSEP fresco, Primitivism 1925 Flower Festival oil on canvas, art deco Chapingo fresco 1 of 8 frescos painted for MoMA destroyed for portraying Trotsky & Lenin; repainted in Mexico 1923 Creation1st major fresco 1923 The Sugar Mill 1928 The Arsenal 1933 Detroit Industry 19291935 The History of MexicoNational Palace fresco 1918 Still Life with Riceroil on canvas, SR 1930 Allegory SEP fresco SEP fresco 27 frescos for 1940 Pan-American Unityfresco 1949 Self Portraitfresco 1915 Zapatista Landscapeoil on canvas, cubism of California Ford Motor 1950 The Huastec Civilisationfresco 1948 Dream of a Sunday 1914 Sailor at Breakfastoil on canvas, cubism fresco Company 1951 Water, Origin of Lifeunderwater fresco Afternoon in Alameda 1912 View of Toledooil on canvas, cubism 1953 A History of Medicinefresco Parkfresco 1910 Head of Breton Womanoil on canvas, SR 1956 May Day Procession in Moscow 1907 Self Portrait with Broad Brimmed Hat oil on canvas, SR oil on canvas, SR 1904 La Eraoil on canvas, social realism (SR) 1956 Evening Twilight at Acapulcooil on canvas *Note: fresco paintings are muralism unless otherwise stated

Birth 1886 Guanajuato, Mexico

Death 1957 San Angel, Mexico

1920 travels to Italy; studies Renaissance fresco 1921 cuts contact with European friends and family; returns to Mexico; studies indegenous Mexican art

1909 travels to France, Belgium, London, and back to France; starts relationship with Angelina Belo

19231928, 117 frescos for Secretaria de Educacion Publica (SEP) Mexican Revolution 19101920 1921 Mexican government 19251928 frescos for National School of Architecture (Chapingo) 1917 Mexican constitution sponsors mural program 19291935 The History of Mexico for the National Palace 1917 October Revolution (Russia) 1922 USSR created marks beginning of communism First World War 19141918 Second World War 19391945

1927 attends October Revolution anniversary in Moscow

HISTORY BIOGRAPHY

1896 attends San Carlos Academy of Art 1908 sponsored by Veracruz governor to travel to Europe; studies Old Masters of Spain

1912 Cubism 1917 discord with Picasso, abandons Cubism

1930 travels 1940 visits U.S. in to U.S. solidarity against fascism 1922 founds Union of 1929 marries Frida; Revolutionary Painters, quits communist Sculptors, and Graphic Artists; party 1934 returns to Mexico joins Mexican Communist 1928 meets art Party; marries model student Frida Kahlo; Guadalupe (Lupe) Marin separates from Lupe Marin

1941 starts constructing Anahuacalli to house art collection 1954 Kahlo dies. Rivera presents Kahlos Blue House and his Anahuacalli to the Mexican government as museums 1956 Diagnosed with cancer. Travels to USSR for treatment.

PAINTINGS

Neutral Harmony

RGB 59, 35, 20 154, 132, 120 246, 206, 181 0, 0, 0

CMYK 50, 70, 80, 70 0, 19, 25, 60 0, 19, 25, 2 0, 0, 0, 100

Hex 3B2314 9A8478 F6CEB5 000000

Design Process I first ordering Diego Riveras life events, paintings, painting descriptions, and history chronologically. Noting his significant role in reviving muralism, I decided to use the concept of a fresco for the overall design. His murals involve a dense layering and stacked arrangements, particularly of people. I decided to do a dense packing of strips revealing slices of his creations laid over a plaster background. Because of the public nature of so many of his works, I also experimented with using a tiled flooring upon which the various information labels would rest. I ultimately retained the tiles but with high transparency so the lines do not compete with the text. Diego Rivera made use of primary colors red, yellow, and blues in many of his paintings but also many neutral tones. After considering a triad harmony, I settled on a neutral harmony given how much of my contribution is text and my decision to use a plaster texture required higher contrast. I chose a san serif typeface because I regarded this as an informational piece. Given the amount of information presented, I wanted to avoid the potential noise from serifs. I sampled a few san serif fonts and settled on Myriad Pro.

Bibliography
Olgas Gallery http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rivera/riverabio.html accessed October 21, 2013 MoMA http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/116 8 accessed October 22, 2013 WikiPaintings http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/diegorivera accessed October 21, 2013 WahooArt http://en.wahooart.com/@@/8BWP36Diego-Rivera-Self-Portrait-2 accessed October 26, 2013 Diego Rivera Experts http://www.riveraexperts.com/index.html accessed October 26, 2013