Synopses & Reviews
"Engrossing as a novel … throws a clear white light on one of the most spectacular artists of our time." — Chicago Sunday Tribune
This remarkable autobiography began with a newspaper interview the artist gave journalist Gladys March in 1944. From then until the artist's death in 1957, she spent several months each year with Rivera, eventually filling 2,000 pages with his recollections and interpretations of his art and life. Written in the first person, this book is a richly revealing document of the painter who revolutionized modern mural painting, was a principal figure in launching the "Mexican Renaissance," and is ranked among the most influential artists of the twentieth century.
As the colorful narrative unfolds, Diego Rivera seems always to be in the midst of political, artistic, and romantic turmoil. As the reviewer for The New Republic observed, "Rivera reveals a keen appreciation of this prowess in art, sex, and politics, and the record seems to be complete on the series of spectacular rows he got into over all three."
The book details his bold confrontations with dictators and presidents, the battles that erupted over his murals in Rockefeller Center and the Hotel del Prado, his tempestuous marriages to Lupe Marin and artist Frida Kahlo, and much, much more. "There is no lack of exciting material. A lover at nine, a cannibal at 18, by his own account, Rivera was prodigiously productive of art and controversy." — San Francisco Chronicle. 21 halftones.
Synopsis
A richly revealing document offering many telling insights into the mind and heart of a giant of 20th-century art. "There is no lack of exciting material. A lover at nine, a cannibal at 18, by his own account, Rivera was prodigiously productive of art and controversy." — San Francisco Chronicle. 21 halftones.
Synopsis
A richly revealing document offering many telling insights into the mind and heart of a giant of 20th-century art. "Engrossing as a novel."
Chicago Sunday Tribune. 21 halftones.
Synopsis
A richly revealing document offering many telling insights into the mind and heart of a giant of 20th-century art. "Engrossing as a novel."
Chicago Sunday Tribune. 21 halftones.
Synopsis
A richly revealing document offering many telling insights into the mind and heart of a giant of 20th-century art. There is no lack of exciting material. A lover at nine, a cannibal at 18, by his own account, Rivera was prodigiously productive of art and controversy. -- San Francisco Chronicle. 21 halftones.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Gladys March
"GEOGRAPHICAL, GENEALOGICAL"
TALE OF A GOAT AND A MOUSE
THE THREE OLD GENTLEMEN WELCOME THE NEW ICONOCLAST
MY THREE AMBITIONS
I BEGIN TO DRAW
WE MOVE TO MEXICO CITY
SCHOOLS
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF LOVE
THE BEGINNING AND END OF A MILITARY CAREER
AT THE SAN CARLOS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
THREE EARLY MASTERS
POSADA
PRE-CONQUEST ART
AN EXPERIMENT IN CANNIBALISM
MY FIRST GRANT
MURILLO ATL
PASSAGE OF ANGER
MY SPANISH FRIENDS
DESOLATE LANDSCAPES
CHECKBOOKS IN MY FINGERS
ART STUDENT IN PARIS
PRIVATE PROPERTY
NO MORE CÉZANNES
THE SUN WORSHIPPERS OF BRUGES
BEGGARS IN TOP HATS
A QUALIFIED SUCCESS
WHERE I WAS IN 1910
HOMECOMING!
A WITCHCRAFT CURE
REVOLUTIONARY WITH A PAINTBOX
A PLOT TO KILL DÍAZ
DEHESA
SEA DUTY
REUNION WITH ANGELINE
PICASSO
WAR
YOUR PAINTING IS LIKE THE OTHERS'!
MARIEVNA
AN END AND A BEGINNING
IN ITALY
I AM REBORN: 1921
LUPE
AN APPARITION OF FRIDA
THE MEXICAN RENAISSANCE
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CHAPINGO
HITLER
STALIN
MOSCOW SKETCHES
AN INSPIRATION
H.P.
THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIO MELLA
I AM EXPELLED FROM THE PARTY
CUERNAVACA
FRIDA BECOMES MY WIFE
A BID TO PAINT IN THE SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
ONE-MAN SHOW IN THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
A VISIT WITH HENRY FORD
THE BATTLE OF DETROIT
FRIDA'S TRAGEDY
HOLOCAUST IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER
RECONSTRUCTION
THE NAZIS LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH ME
PANI LOSES AN EYE
AN INVITATION FROM MUSSOLINI
FRIDA: TRIUMPH AND ANGUISH
TROTSKY
THE ENORMOUS NECKTIE
A VISIT WITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN
A SALUTE BY THE U. S. NAVY
TROTSKY AGAIN?DEAD
A SECOND TIME WITH FRIDA
MORE POPULAR THAN WENDELL WILLKIE
"PIN-UPS, SALOON STYLE"
A HOME FOR MY IDOLS
A SUNDAY IN ALAMEDA PARK
CARDINAL DOUGHERTY DEFENDS
AFTERMATHS
UNDERWATER
ANOTHER STORM
CANCER
YET ANOTHER STORM
FRIDA DIES
EMMA?I AM HERE STILL
"Appendix: Statements by Angeline Belloff, Lupe Marín, Frida Kahlo, and Emma Hurtado"
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