Diego Rivera, one of the pioneers of Mexican muralism was famed for his lifelike frescoes and vibrant paintings. He was passionate about painting since childhood and began pursuing art in Mexico’s Academy of San Carlos when he was barely ten. He migrated to Europe in the year 1907, and Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez, the governor […]

Moonlight and Yellow Trumpovets by Linda Carter Holman

Melancholy Promenade - Diego Rivera, 1904

Cargador de flores andando (El vendedor de gladiolas y hortensias)

Girl with Lilies Art Print by Diego Rivera at Art.com

Detail of hummingbirds from Diego Rivera's remarkable 1947 oil painting, Portrait of Linda Christian

This is part 1 of a 2-part post looking at the life and works of Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957). Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato. He was an active communist, and the husband of painter Frida Kahlo. His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held…