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How Pablo Picasso And Diego Rivera Influenced Each Other

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A new art exhibition is called "Picasso And Rivera: Conversations Across Time." It opened this week at the Los Angeles County¹ Museum of Art, which is where NPR's Mandalit del Barco found the grandsons of both masters.

MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE²: Bernard Ruiz Picasso and Juan Coronel Rivera met for the very first time yesterday.

JUAN CORONEL RIVERA: Being grandson of somebody, it's difficult, you know.

BERNARD RUIZ PICASSO: Yeah, I know, but I found it very fantastic.

DEL BARCO: They compared notes while standing³ in front of a 1914 still life Diego Rivera painted in the Cubist style created by Pablo Picasso. It's being shown publicly for the first time - Picasso family's collection, says his grandson.

PICASSO: That work relates that friendship. Both Rivera did a version⁴ and Picasso also did a version of that same subject. So it's really fascinating.

DEL BARCO: In a case next to them is a photo Picasso gave his friend in return, as well as a letter Picasso wrote him, says Rivera's grandson.

RIVERA: With a very polite writing that says, I agree with you in everything. Rivera always was admiring Picasso's work. He always called him my master, my mentor⁵.

DEL BARCO: The Mexican and the Spaniard, born five years apart, had been classically trained child prodigies⁶, both lived in Paris and were part of the avant garde. Their grandsons say they met up in studios and in cafes with other intellectuals⁷.

RIVERA: There were philosophers⁸. There were not only painters. They really put the most important ideas of the moment.

PICASSO: Talking about modernity, about what art should be or what art should not be.

RIVERA: And they were trying to do art also for the people for social ideas.

DEL BARCO: Rivera would go on to start the Mexican mural movement. Picasso would later paint his masterpiece "Guernica." The artists were sometimes frenemies, but this exhibition shows how they influenced each other.

RIVERA: Imagine where they were talking. Wow.

DEL BARCO: Mandalit del Barco, NPR News.

1 county   

n.县，郡

参考例句：

• When the good news reached there,the whole county rejoiced.喜讯传到那里时，全县的人都欢欣鼓舞起来。
• In that year county after county fell to the enemy.那一年一个又一个的县城沦入敌人手中。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 version   

n.版本；型号；叙述，说法

参考例句：

• His version of the events is pure supposition.他对这件事的说法纯属猜测。
• What is your version of this matter?你对这件事情的看法 怎么样？

5 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。

6 prodigies   

n.奇才，天才（尤指神童）( prodigy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It'seldom happened that a third party ever witnessed any of these prodigies. 这类壮举发生的时候，难得有第三者在场目睹过。 来自辞典例句
• She is by no means inferior to other prodigies. 她绝不是不如其他神童。 来自互联网

7 intellectuals   

n.知识分子( intellectual的名词复数 )；脑力劳动者；有极高智力的人；凭理智（而非感情）办事的人

参考例句：

• These views were common among intellectuals. 这些观点在知识分子中是很普遍的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Intellectuals should be esteemed. 知识分子应受到尊重。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 philosophers   

n.哲学家( philosopher的名词复数 )；豁达的人

参考例句：

• Philosophers sometimes overweight their negativism. 哲学家往往偏重于否定态度。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Strictly speaking, they shouldn't be called philosophers, but rather 'philophilosophers.' 严格讲起来，他们不该叫哲学家Philophilosophers,该叫‘哲学家学家’philophilosophers.” 来自汉英文学 - 围城