Diego Rivera, Mexican, 1886 - 1957
1936
painting
oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce
1968.29
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Latin American
Yes
North Wing, Second Floor, Western American Art Gallery
Diego Rivera was the most prolific artist of the Mexican mural movement. The second artist featured in a solo exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (the first was Matisse), he was also the best-known Mexican artist in the United States. Indian Woman Weaving represents a bridge between his heroic portrayals of revolutionaries, workers, and peasants reflecting the ideals of the Mexican Revolution and the later, more sentimental images of indigenous people he produced for the foreign tourist market. Framing this everyday Indian woman in a classical composition, he endows her with great dignity. This painting also illustrates Rivera’s acumen in producing idealized images that were in great demand at home and abroad.