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Many Latin American artists were also receptive to the European avant-garde style of Cubism, which flattened and twisted forms and presented them from multiple angles. In 1907 the Mexican government awarded artist Diego Rivera a scholarship to study in Europe. He ended up in Paris, where he associated with the Cubist circle. Rivera’s subject matter often included the abstracted portraits and still lifes favoured by Cubism’s originators, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, but he also kept abreast of developments in Mexico and incorporated these themes into his work. By 1915 Mexico was embroiled in a major social revolution as the ...(100 of 18431 words)