1906
gouache
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1906 gouache by Diego Rivera, depicting Hunting, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a dead horse lying on its side, drawn in rough charcoal lines and soft gray washes. Rivera made this when he was only twenty, years before his big murals. The horse feels heavy, almost like you could touch its ribs. The paper is still visible in places—he didn’t try to hide his quick, messy marks. Look up gouache next—it’s the opaque watercolor he used to add weight to the shadows.
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.
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