Diego Rivera

Tonatiuh Duncan Tonatiuh

Description

Discover the life and legacy of celebrated Mexican artist Diego Rivera in this picture book by award-winning author and illustrator Duncan TonatiuhA Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner!   Diego Rivera, one of the most famous painters of the twentieth century, was once just a mischievous little boy who loved to draw. But this little boy would grow up to follow his passion and greatly influence the world of art.   After studying in Spain and France as a young man, Diego was excited to return to his home country of Mexico. There, he toured from the coasts to the plains to the mountains. He met the peoples of different regions and explored the cultures, architecture, and history of those that had lived before. Returning to Mexico City, he painted great murals representing all that he had seen. He provided the Mexican people with a visual history of who they were and, most important, who they are.   Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh, who has also been inspired by the art and culture of his native Mexico, asks, if Diego was still painting today, what history would he tell through his artwork? What stories would he bring to life? Drawing inspiration from Rivera to create his own original work, Tonatiuh helps young readers to understand the importance of Diego Rivera’s artwork and to realize that they too can tell stories through art.

Sujets

• Children's

Informations

• Publié par: ABRAMS BOOKS
• Date de parution: 01 mai 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781613121658
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

Abrams Books for Young Readers New York
To my Dad, the first artist I met, the one who always inspires me -D. T.
The artwork in this book was hand-drawn, then collaged digitally.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tonatiuh, Duncan. Diego Rivera : his world and ours / by Duncan Tonatiuh. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8109-9731-8 (alk. paper) 1. Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957-Juvenile literature. 2. Painters-Mexico-Biography- Juvenile literature. I. Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. II. Title. ND259.R5T57 2011 759.972-dc22 [B] 2010032618
Text and illustrations copyright 2011 Duncan Tonatiuh
Book design by Melissa Arnst
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Diego Rivera was born in Mexico in a city called Guanajuato, which means the land of frogs. As a boy Diego enjoyed playing with his trains, but more than anything he liked to draw.
Diego loved drawing so much that when he was a young man he sailed on a ship across the ocean. He went to the city of Madrid in Spain to study art under the direction of a well-known painter. There he learned the classical way to paint, which means his finished paintings looked very realistic, almost like photographs.
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