Esta novela grafica, bellamente ilustrada, retrata la vida y la epoca de un artista cuya realidad es indistinguible del mito que lo rodea.

Diego Rivera fue un pintor revolucionario en mas de un sentido. Comenzo a estudiar en la escuela de arte a los once anos y en sus veintes ya era una de las figuras mas influyentes de la escena parisina del aun joven siglo xx, junto a Picasso, Modigliani, Braque, Gris y Blanchard.

Los murales que Rivera pinto en Mexico y Estados Unidos reflejan la contradictoria turbulencia de su caracter y su tiempo. Conocio a Lenin en Paris y a Stalin en Moscu, y le dio asilo a Trotsky durante su exilio en Mexico, al tiempo que aceptaba encargos de los gigantes capitalistas de la epoca, como Henry Ford y John D. Rockefeller.

Su incansable laboriosidad solo puede compararse con su febril entusiasmo vital, un rasgo que le hizo buscarse numerosas amantes y cuatro esposas, entre ellas Frida Kahlo, con quien sostuvo una intensa relacion que sigue siendo una de las mas memorables de la historia del arte.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Explore the passions and contradictions-both human and political-that turned the prolific and brilliant painter Diego Rivera into an increasingly universal cultural figure.

Diego Rivera was a revolutionary painter in more ways than one. Attending art school at 11, by his twenties he was counted among the most influential figures of the Parisian art scene of the early 20th century, including Picasso, Modigliani, Braque, and Gris.

Rivera's murals, both in his native Mexico and the United States, reflect the contradictory turbulence of his character and times. He met Lenin in Paris, Stalin in Moscow, and offered refuge to Trotsky during his Mexican exile. Meanwhile, his work was commissioned by giants of capitalism: Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller.

Rivera's indefatigable industry was matched by his zest for life, accumulating hundreds of lovers and four wives-including Frida Kahlo, whose formidable partnership is also one of the great love stories of art history. This beautifully realized graphic novel tells the story of the extraordinary life and times of an artist for whom myth and reality fused.