Diego Rivera By: Miguel Bergman
Diego
Born December 8 1886 In Guanajuato, Mexico Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was his birth name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera
Family Father – Diego Rivera Barrientos Mother – Maria Brother - Jose Carlos Rivera Barrientos (twin brother) Sister - María del Pilar Rivera http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pu-Ro/Rivera-Diego.html
Family Facts Father was a teacher upon Diego’s birth, and later became a school inspector Diego was the elder of twin brothers Diego’s twin brother died at the age of two http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rivera.html
Art Studies At age ten, Diego studied at the Academy of San Carlos Won scholarship to study abroad in Europe Studied in Spain, France, Belgium, Holland and England http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rivera.html
Career A world famous Mexican painter. Started at age 20 Visited Paris many times in his career http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm
Career Fused Mexican and European forms of art One of his countries greatest muralists Artwork drew attention to native farmers and peasants http://www.marxists.org/subject/art/visual_arts/painting/pics/semeadores.jpg http://www.enotes.com/topics/diego-rivera
Art work Picture of little boy El Vendedora De Flores Self Portrait http://www.fbuch.com/rivera.htm
More Art Mural El Vendedor de Alcatraces Diego and Frieda http://www.fbuch.com/rivera.htm
One of famous paintings Man At The Crossroads http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Diego_Rivera%27s_most_famous_painting
Rockefeller Controversy Man of the Crossroads mural was begun at Rockefeller Center in 1933. Contained portrait of Vladimir Lenin, a Russian leader. Rivera was asked to stop work on the mural. Rivera went to Mexico City in 1934 to paint Man of the Crossroads. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera
Type of supplies Used mainly oil based Also did many things in water color Used rice paper http://www.icollector.com/Diego-Rivera-Peasant-Family-Ink-and-Watercolor_i8712082
Art Style Diego coined his style of art to be called Mexicanidad Diego created a Mexicanidad movement which other artists called themselves Influenced by heritage, strong sturdy imagery and murals http://www.ehow.com/about_5037517_diego-riveras-art-style.html
Marriages First wife - Angeline Beloff Second wife - Lupe Marin 1922 – 1927 Third wife – Frida Kahlo 1929 – 1954 Fourth wife - Emma Hurtado 1955 http://nndb.net/people/263/000024191/
Frida Kahlo Diego was married to Frida from 1929 to 1939, divorced a short time, then remarried from 1940 to 1954 upon her death Mexico’s most famous woman artist Self portraits showing pain in her life http://www.answers.com/topic/frida-kahlo
Quotes “I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso”. “Never before had a woman put such agonizing poetry on canvas as Frida did”. “If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait”. http://www.artquotes.net/masters/diego-rivera/index.htm
Death Died November 24, 1957 Died at age 70 Died in Mexico City of heart failure Buried in Mexico City http://nndb.net/people/263/000024191/
Diego Rivera