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Diego Rivera's (1886-1957) art was one of the columns on which one of the strongest movements in american painting was to find support: mexican
muralism. His art greatly depends on a vocabulary born from a mixture between Gauguin and the aztec and mayan sculptures. Using simplified forms and vivid colors, he brilliantly rescued the pre-Columbian past, as well as the
most important moments of Mexico's history: the land, the factory and land workers, the customs and the popular way of life. Some of his greatest paintings are: "Women Portrait with Calla Lilies", "Calla Lilies
Women Nude", "Mercado de Flores", and "Calla Flower Seller". Rivera's contribution to modern mexican art was decisive in murals and conventional painting; he was a revolutionary painter who wanted to
take the art to a broad audience, to the street and buildings, using a precise and direct language with a realistic style, full of social meaning.
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