22 Sep
2007
22 Sep
'07
3:58 p.m.
On Saturday 22 September 2007, James Buddenhagen wrote:
In 1918 (or 1919?) the acclaimed Mexican artist Diego Rivera painted a painting called "El Matemático" (the mathematician). ... I am trying the find out who is depicted in that painting, which, by the way, was done in Paris.
According to http://www.vf.utwente.nl/~jagersaa/D_R.html it was one René Paresce, who got a PhD in physics, spent some time as a journalist and ended up as a painter. -- g