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Diego Rivera

An Artist for the People

Diego Rivera( )
Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman
ISBN:978-0-8109-8411-0
Publication Date:Feb 2013
Publisher:Abrams, Inc.
Imprint:Abrams Books for Young Readers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $22.95
Book Description:

  Diego Rivera offers young readers unique insight into the life and artwork of the famous Mexican painter and muralist. The book follows Rivera's career, looking at his influences and tracing the evolution of his style. His work often called attention to the culture and struggles of the Mexican working class. Believing that art should be for the people, he created public murals in both the United States and Mexico, examples of which are included. The book...
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Book Details
Pages:56
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Art
Juvenile Nonfiction / Places / Mexico
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):10.25 x 10.5 x 0.5 Inches
Book Weight:1.36 Pounds
Author Biography
Rubin, Susan Goldman (Author)
Susan Goldman Rubin grew up in the Bronx and dreamed of becoming an artist. She illustrated her first three picture books but then turned to writing nonfiction, mainly about art and history, and is the author of more than 55 books for young people. Her titles include Diego Rivera: An Artist For The People, They Call Me A Hero: A Memoir of My Youth, Music Was It! Young Leonard Bernstein, Everyone Paints! The Art and Lives of the Wyeth Family, and Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi.

Most recently Susan has created board books based on fine art for very young children. Her titles include Counting with Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol's Colors, and Matisse: Dance For Joy.

Susan has been an instructor in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program for 20 years.

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