| The Flower Carrier | |
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| Artist | Diego Rivera |
| Year | 1935 |
| Medium | Oil |
| Location | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
| Dimensions | 48 in x 47 3/4 in 121.92 cm x 121.29 cm |
| Diego Rivera Famous Paintings | |
| Man, Controller of the Universe, 1934 | |
| La Mujer del Pozo, 1913 | |
| En el Arsenal, 1928 | |
| Frozen Assets, 1931 | |
| The Flower Carrier, 1935 | |
| Agrarian Leader Zapata, 1931 | |
| Complete Works |
The Flower Carrier is an oil and tempera piece made on Masonite that was created by Diego Rivera in 1935. It’s part of the Albert M. Bender Collection and is on display at the SF MOMA. The painting is a symbolic portrayal of the struggles of a worker in a modern, capitalistic world.
Meaning
The peasant on the ground in the painting has a large basket filled with beautiful and bright pink and purple flowers inside of it. The basket is much larger than the peasant, and it appears to be weighing him down considerably. There is a woman loading the basket onto his back, who is actually much larger than the peasant. She is wearing a purple top with a long orange pleated skirt that covers her legs completely. Behind them are leaves from bushes and the earth under them is brown. The colors of the two people and the flowers stand out completely from the background.