Mexican1886–1957
Diego Rivera
A Mexican painter whose huge frescoes helped launch the mural movement in Mexican and international art. He worked in Europe from 1907, painting as a Cubist in Paris, and between 1922 and 1953 painted murals in Mexico City, San Francisco, Detroit and New York. He was married to the painter Frida Kahlo.
A life in paintings
- 1886Born
- 1907Cubism begins
In Paris, Picasso and Braque start breaking objects into geometric planes.
- 1908
- 1913The Armory Show
The International Exhibition of Modern Art opens in New York, then travels to Chicago and Boston, giving many Americans their first sight of European modern art.
Source: Wikipedia - 1914
- 1957Died
Where to see them
Museo Nacional de Arte
Mexico City
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