House and Studio of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo (Mexico City, Mexico) : General view of Diego Rivera home and studio

Creator:

O'Gorman, Juan, 1905-1982

Published/Created:

Altavista y Palmas, San Angel, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
1930-1932 ; 1997 (restoration)

Date Depicted:

ca. 1990's
1900 AD - 1949 AD

Notes:

The San Angel compound, which marked the operatic birth of modern architecture in Mexico, was designed in 1930 by O'Gorman, then 25. The architect came to Rivera's attention after he built his own simple, glass-fronted modern house in the town. Inspired by a studio designed by Le Corbusier in Paris, his plan for the Riveras' studios was more robust and extroverted. The bold volumes, clay-brick ceilings, and cantilevered floors and stairs are punctuated by proudly displayed water tanks and downspouts. A southern sun ignites the intense blue and red that are taken straight from vernacular buildings. Working together, O'Gorman, Rivera and Kahlo made Mexican modernism, unlike its European counterpart, warm to the touch. The modernist imagination has long been a major issue among artists in Mexico resistant to cultural colonization. The tension between being Mexican and modern plays itself out in these three houses belonging to artists whose left-wing politics led them and their architect to nationalize the International style." ( DESIGN NOTEBOOK; In Painters' Poetic Homes, the Soul of a Nation Emerged, By JOSEPH GIOVANNINI, 3/4/1999)

Variant Titles:

Casa y Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo

Topics:

Architecture -- Mexico -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Modern
Modernist

Culture:

Mexican

Accession Number:

1A1-OG-DRH-A3

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
houses (AAT)
studios (work spaces) (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architectural exteriors; Artists' studios construction building divisions; rooms and spaces; studios (work spaces); buildings; dwellings; houses

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module Two

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10165596

PID:

digcoll:1817873