Property from a Private Collection, Florida Diego Rivera Follow Desnudo de Lola Olmedo (Lola Olmedo Nude) 1930 Lithograph, on wove paper, with full margins. I. 16 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (41.6 x 23.8 cm) S. 23 x 15 in. (58.4 x 38.1 cm) Signed, dated and numbered '68-100' in pencil, published by Weyhe Gallery, New York, unframed.
Provenance Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland Literature Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes 895 Artist Bio Diego Rivera Mexican • 1886 - 1957 Follow Diego Rivera began drawing at the age of three, and by ten he was enrolled at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City. In 1907, he traveled to Europe on a scholarship to continue his artistic studies. Whilst in Paris, Rivera embraced the advent of Cubism, and later Post-Impressionism, taking inspiration from such European artists as Picasso and Cézanne. In 1921, Rivera returned to Mexico and became involved in the government-sponsored Mexican mural program. He became best-known for his frescoes painted in a distinctive style characterized by bold colors and ample, Renaissance-inspired figures. Rivera was an atheist and joined the Mexican Communist party in 1922. He was married five times, including twice to Frida Kahlo with whom he had a famously volatile relationship. View More Works
Property from a Private Collection, Florida Diego Rivera Follow Desnudo de Lola Olmedo (Lola Olmedo Nude) 1930 Lithograph, on wove paper, with full margins. I. 16 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (41.6 x 23.8 cm) S. 23 x 15 in. (58.4 x 38.1 cm) Signed, dated and numbered '68-100' in pencil, published by Weyhe Gallery, New York, unframed.
Provenance Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland Literature Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes 895 Artist Bio Diego Rivera Mexican • 1886 - 1957 Follow Diego Rivera began drawing at the age of three, and by ten he was enrolled at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City. In 1907, he traveled to Europe on a scholarship to continue his artistic studies. Whilst in Paris, Rivera embraced the advent of Cubism, and later Post-Impressionism, taking inspiration from such European artists as Picasso and Cézanne. In 1921, Rivera returned to Mexico and became involved in the government-sponsored Mexican mural program. He became best-known for his frescoes painted in a distinctive style characterized by bold colors and ample, Renaissance-inspired figures. Rivera was an atheist and joined the Mexican Communist party in 1922. He was married five times, including twice to Frida Kahlo with whom he had a famously volatile relationship. View More Works
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