The Flower Carrier

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The Flower Carrier is a famous 1935 painting by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera that depicts a laborer struggling under an enormous basket of flowers, symbolizing the burdens of the working class.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork ⓘ
painting ⓘ
colorPalette contrasting tones ⓘ
vivid colors ⓘ
composition centralized figure ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mexico ⓘ
creator Diego Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext post-revolutionary Mexico ⓘ
depicts indigenous Mexican worker ⓘ
laborer ⓘ
large basket of flowers ⓘ
manual labor ⓘ
physical strain ⓘ
woman assisting the worker ⓘ
worker carrying flowers ⓘ
describedBySource art history texts ⓘ
museum catalogues ⓘ
genre social realism ⓘ
hasPart enormous flower basket ⓘ
kneeling figure ⓘ
standing helper figure ⓘ
straps across worker’s shoulders ⓘ
inception 1935 ⓘ
intendedMeaning critique of social injustice ⓘ
empathy for the poor ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
mainSubject working class ⓘ
materialUsed masonite panel ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
medium oil on masonite ⓘ
movement Mexican muralism NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeLocation Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor iconic image of Mexican laborers ⓘ
powerful social commentary ⓘ
notableWorkOf Diego Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Diego Rivera’s socially conscious works ⓘ
style figurative ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ
symbolism assisting woman representing solidarity ⓘ
basket representing weight of poverty ⓘ
flowers as burden ⓘ
kneeling worker representing exploitation ⓘ
theme burden of labor ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ
dignity of labor ⓘ
oppression of the working class ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ

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