"The story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds -- Mexico and the United States in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s -- and whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the twentieth century's most tumultuous events"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of Diego as a young, mischievous boy who demonstrated a clear passion for art and then went on to become one of the most famous painters in the world.

The life and work of the artist Diego Rivera is told through chronological poems that capture salient points in his life. Provided by publisher.

Diego era un niño al que le encantaba dibujar, lo hacía en todo, incluso en las paredes. Con el tiempo, se convertiría en uno de los más grandes muralistas de México y del mundo. Su pasión por la pintura se unió al amor por su país para crear un arte poderoso que celebraba al pueblo mexicano. Diego was a boy who loved to draw; he drew on everything, even the walls. In time, he would become known as one of the greatest muralists of Mexico--of...

This volume features numerous large-scale details of the murals, allowing their various components and subtleties to be closely examined. In addition to the murals is a vast selection of paintings, vintage photos, documents, and drawings from public and private collections around the world, many of which the whereabouts were previously unknown to scholars and whose inclusion here is thanks to the most intense research performed on Rivera's work since...

" 'The Blue House' located in Mexico City, is the home where Frida Kahlo was born (1907) and would die (1954). She is surrounded not only by painter Diego Rivera, but also by Leon Trotsky, André Breton, Sergei Eisenstein, Pablo Neruda, Waldo Frank, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Vassily Kandinsky, etc. Our film recalls the great adventures of 'The Blue House', its parties, its manifestoes, it artists, its freewheeling love affairs, its betrayals...as...

Short vignettes about the artists Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Peter Bruegel, Sofonisba Anguissola, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Katsushika Hokusai, Mary Cassatt, Vincent Van Gogh, Kathe Kollwitz, Henri Mattise, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Marcel Ducahmp, Georgia O'Keeffe, William H. Johnson, Salvador Dali, Isamu Noguchi, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Andy Warhol.

Learn about some men who overcame obstacles to make the world a better place.