Diego Rivera Fresco

Rivera was descended from Spanish nobility on his dad side. From the age of ten Rivera studied art at the academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. In the summer of 1911 he left for Paris and did not return until 1921 after his return he turned away from cubism back ground. He soon went to Detroit and began doing fresco paintings. Fresco paintings are paintings on plaster, either dry or wet. Back then the paint is an independent layer separate from the plaster proper. Latter on them did it by chemically bounding the plaster and is integral to the wall. Fresco paintings are usually done on a large scale. In this piece done by Diego he paints all different class of people working together. On the bottom you have the upper class people the business men look at blue prints. On the top you have lower class blue collar workers doing the steal. He’s symbolizing that everyone has to work together to create the finish product.