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View all 145 artworks. Diego Rivera lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of Mexican Social Realism and Muralism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- May Day Procession in Moscow
‘May Day Procession in Moscow’ was created in 1956 by Diego...
- Flower Carrier, 1935
‘Flower Carrier’ was created in 1935 by Diego Rivera in Art...
- The Hammock, 1956
‘The Hammock’ was created in 1956 by Diego Rivera in Art...
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Diego Rivera Famous works. Creation • 1922-1923. The...
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- Who Was Diego Rivera?
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Now thought to be one of the leading artists of the 20th century, Diego Rivera sought to make art that reflected the lives of the Mexican people. In 1921, through a government program, he started a series of murals in public buildings. Some were controversial; his Man at the Crossroadsin New York City's RCA building, which featured a portrait of Vl...
Rivera was born on December 8, 1886, in Guanajuato, Mexico. His passion for art emerged early on. He began drawing as a child. Around the age of 10, Rivera went to study art at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. One of his early influences was artist José Posada who ran a print shop near Rivera's school. In 1907, Rivera traveled to...
Rivera had some success as a Cubist painter in Europe, but the course of world events would strongly change the style and subject of his work. Inspired by the political ideals of the Mexican Revolution (1914-15) and the Russian Revolution (1917), Rivera wanted to make art that reflected the lives of the working class and native peoples of Mexico. H...
In the 1930s and '40s, Rivera painted several murals in the United States. Some of his works created controversy, especially the one he did for the Rockefeller family in the RCA building in New York City. The mural, known as "Man at the Crossroads," featured a portrait of Russian Communist leader Vladimir Lenin. The artist had reportedly included L...
In the late 1930s, Rivera went through a slow period, in terms of work. He had no major mural commissions around this time so he devoted himself to painting other works. While they always had a stormy relationship, Rivera and Kahlo decided to divorce in 1939. But the pair reunited the following year and remarried. The couple hosted Communist exile ...
By the mid-1950s, Rivera's health was in decline. He had traveled abroad for cancer treatment, but doctors were unable to cure him. Rivera died of heart failure on November 24, 1957, in Mexico City, Mexico.
Known for numerous dalliances with women, Rivera married fellow artist Frida Kahloin 1929. He already had been twice before he wed Kahlo, who was 20 years his junior and had several children from his past relationships. Rivera and Kahlo shared an interest in radical politics and Marxism. Rivera lost his wife Kahlo, in 1954 and the following year, h...
Since his death, Rivera is remembered as an important figure in 20th-century art. His childhood home is now a museum in Mexico. His life and relationship with Kahlo has been remained a subject of great fascination and speculation. On the big screen, actor Ruben Blades portrayed Rivera in the 1999 movie Cradle Will Rock. Alfred Molina later brought ...
Dec 6, 2023 · by Megan Flattley. Diego Rivera, “From the Conquest to 1930,” History of Mexico murals, 1929–30, fresco, Palacio Nacional, Mexico City. How is history told? Typically, we think of history as a series of events narrated in chronological order. But what does history look like as a series of images?
Apr 4, 2024 · Diego Rivera (born December 8, 1886, Guanajuato, Mexico—died November 25, 1957, Mexico City) was a Mexican painter whose bold large-scale murals stimulated a revival of fresco painting in Latin America. A government scholarship enabled Rivera to study art at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City from age 10, and a grant from the governor ...
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Rivera, who amassed an enormous collection of pre-Columbian artifacts, created panoramic portrayals of Mexican history and daily life, from its Mayan beginnings up to the Mexican Revolution and post-Revolutionary present, in a style largely indebted to pre-Columbian culture.
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- December 8, 1886
- Guanajuato, Mexico
- November 24, 1957
Diego Rivera, born in 1886, was one of the leaders of the Mexican Mural Movement of the 1920s. A member of the Communist party, he created popular political murals throughout Mexico that often...
Diego Rivera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo riˈβeɾa]; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.
