The muralist made a tour of the history of Mexico from left to right. It included key scenes and characters. In the mural there are more than one hundred characters, seventy -six of them identified. Among the most important, Hernán Cortés, La Santa Inquisition, Agustín de Iturbide, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Benito Juárez, Carlota and Maximiliano de Habsburg, Porfirio Díaz, Francisco I. Madero or José Vasconcelos.
According to Diego Rivera“The composition [del mural] They are memories of my life, my childhood and my youth and covers from 1895 to 1910. The characters of the walk all dream, some sleeping in the banks and others, walking and talking. ”
Thus, among the characters in the life of Diego Rivera His daughters, ex -partners and Frida Kahlo stand out. To the center of it, in the foreground, a Diego Rivera Niño is observed that shakes the hand to the Catrina.
The Diego Rivera Catrina She is an elegant woman, with the traditional hat that José Guadalupe Posada painted And a long dress. A one hangs a feathered boa that represents Quetzalcoátl. Bleeding fangs, long nails and an unmistakable smile, represent who, says the Diego Rivera mural museum, worship tonantzin, for the Mexicans the mother of everything that exists.
Across Diego Rivera, holding the hand of the catrinathis José Guadalupe Posada With suit, cane and hat. Look down and remain stoic in one of the most famous paintings in Mexico.
The Prado Hotel
The mural was exhibited as of September 1947 in the Versailles dining room. The artist Rina Lazo also helped him Rivera to paint his work. In 1960 they moved the altarpiece to the hotel's lobby.