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Portrait of Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera

(1886–1957) Muralist Mexico

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Diego Rivera was a muralist from Mexico, best known for Diego Rivera.

Quick Facts About Diego Rivera

Born: December 8, 1886
Died: November 25, 1957
Nationality: Mexico
Profession: Muralist
Notable works: Diego Rivera
Known for: Detroit Industry Murals, Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central, The History of Mexico, Río Juchitán, Portrait of Ramón Gómez de la Serna
Spouse: Frida Kahlo

About Diego Rivera

Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

National Prize for Arts and Sciences

Quotes by Diego Rivera · Page 2

“The first thing I encountered on entering the museum was the earliest steam engine built in England. As I walked on, marveling…

Detroit

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The rôle of the artist is that of a soldier of the revolution.

Art

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As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict…

Art

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Never before had a woman put such agonizing poetry on canvas as Frida did

Agonizing

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I am an atheist and I consider religions to be a form of collective neurosis. I am not an enemy of the…

Atheist

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Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality.

Body

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“Fidelity is a bourgeois virtue and it exists only to exploit people and to obtain an economic gain”

Character

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Diego Rivera by topic

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