Puesta De Sol 15 Analysis

Nature through the Seasons Diego Rivera’s artwork Puesta de sol 15 (Sunset 15) created in 1959 is a two dimensional painting created by using oil and tempera on cardboard, and is a prime piece that exemplifies my theme of nature through the seasons. This entire art project itself works together as a whole to create my theme, and Sunset 15 works to exemplify nature during the summer season. Sunsets are something typical of the summer season, and while Rivera’s take on a sunset is interesting, and uniquely different, we still get the point of how nature is envisioned during the summer months with the hot summer sun and its intense rays of light. The water is also an aspect of nature of and of summer time that exemplify the theme trying to be conveyed with this artwork. Sunset 15 is a two dimensional painting that was created on a piece of cardboard which is the biggest and most obvious limitation that the artist created for himself. The decision to use cardboard, which is not a very durable medium, as his canvas may explain why the entire piece is a lot dark then you would expect. The reds, and blues, and greens are all dark shades, with no true hint of light shades of color within the piece. While strokes can be seen in the work, it was of Rivera’s doing since the strokes of cardboard is different from
Rivera was staying at Dolores Olmedo’s home, which has a magnificent view of the beach and bay. This is the setting of where Rivera would create his painting of Sunset 15. The colors, specifically the blues, within the work show influence from Jose Maria Velasco, who was a former teacher to Diego and uses his blues in a similar way of which Rivera did. Within this particular work a Cubism time period can be seen due to its range of colors. The year in which Rivera created his work, 1956, was also the time frame of the Modern Art