The subject of this painting is farming or forced labor in Mexico during the communist movement in Mexico in the 1940s (occasion). Diego Rivera meant for the audience of this painting to either be the Mexican farmers or their employees. The artist believes that farming labor is difficult and tiring. One can tell he feels this way because the man with the plow is bent over, straining his back. Rivera forces the bend of his back to “pop” in the viewer’s eye, by painting the background to follow the curve of his back. The tone of the painting is sympathetic. The smooth and natural coloring allows for this sympathetic feeling. The big idea of this painting is that labor is difficult, tiring, and strenuous.
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