Diego Rivera Study

4th grade students looked at artwork by Diego Rivera and discussed themes in his artwork. They learned that artists often create art as a way to show connections between people. They concluded that Diego Rivera showed these connections through the themes in his artwork (love, family, oppression, working people and traditions). Students focused on the artwork "mother's helper" by Diego Rivera. They discussed that Rivera was showing love between the girl and the mother, without drawing hearts on his artwork. They discussed ways they help someone they love and used the way his composition was set up in "mother's helper" in their own artwork.