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Diego Rivera — Pareja con marrano
Diego Rivera

Pareja con marrano

1944

A tender and intimate scene rendered in Rivera's characteristic style, this watercolor on delicate rice paper depicts a couple accompanied by a pig, capturing the everyday rhythms of rural Mexican life. The translucent quality of the rice paper lends a soft, luminous quality to the composition, allowing Rivera's fluid brushwork to evoke warmth and humanity. The work reflects Rivera's deep connection to the indigenous people of Mexico and his enduring celebration of ordinary life as a subject worthy of artistic reverence.

Medium
watercolor on rice paper

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Latin America

May 24, 2017

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Diego Rivera, Pareja con marrano, 1944

A tender and intimate scene rendered in Rivera's characteristic style, this watercolor on delicate rice paper depicts a couple accompanied by a pig, capturing the everyday rhythms of rural Mexican life. The translucent quality of the rice paper lends a soft, luminous quality to the composition, allowing Rivera's fluid brushwork to evoke warmth and humanity. The work reflects Rivera's deep connection to the indigenous people of Mexico and his enduring celebration of ordinary life as a subject worthy of artistic reverence.

Medium
watercolor on rice paper
Year
1944
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Watercolor, 20th Century, Mexican Artist, Male Artist, Peasant Subject, Earthy Tones, Intimate Mood, Figurative Art, Modernism, Rural Life, Mexican Muralism, Tranquil Mood, Rice Paper, Rural Scene, Master Artist, Social Realism, Peasant Life

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Art Institute of Chicago