DIEGO RIVERA

Biography

Birth name: Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez

He was born December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, Guanajuato.

His large wall works in fresco  helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in Mexican art.

Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted mural among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

By 1946, he painted one of his most important works, “Sueño de una tarde dominical en la alameda Central” at the Hotel del Prado in Mexico City.

He died on November 24, 1957 in San Angel, Mexico City in his home studio, now known as Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo