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Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886November 24, 1957), (full name Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez) was a cubist painter and muralist living in Mexico.

Diego is perhaps best known by the world public for painting a vast mural in the 1930s featuring early communist leaders juxtaposed with the Founding Fathers of the United States in the lobby of the Rockefeller Building. That work was quickly destroyed by angry Rockefeller staff people before it could be completed in that location; see the movie Cradle Will Rock for a reenactment.

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Rivera, born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, was of Jewish Converso heritage and Catholic upbringing, but a professed atheist and communist for most, if not all, of his life. He is said to be regarded in Latin America today as a folk hero. From a common-law marriage to the artist Angelina Beloff he had a son, Diego Jr., who did not survive infancy, and from a relationship with the Russian emigrée painter Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska (Marevna) he also had a daughter, Marika Rivera. His marriage to the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was childless after a miscarriage, but he nevertheless spent a rocky lifetime relationship with her.

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Loving the Richard Avedon exhibit in detroit with @chloevdc @mfinez @bramderoos - amazing body of work - contrast the diego rivera frescos!
msobie (Mary Sobiechowski) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:09:28 -0000
Loving the Richard Avedon exhibit in detroit with @chloevdc @mfinez @bramderoos - amazing body of work - contrast the diego rivera frescos!
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION: ... by surrealist Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, the tempestuous couple who too... http://bit.ly/76jwqt
CelebrityNut (Adam Sandler) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:16:51 -0000
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION: ... by surrealist Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, the tempestuous couple who too... http://bit.ly/76jwqt
RT @dahara: I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. ::: Diego Rivera ::: #quote #art
La__Reine (the Queen) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:20:58 -0000
RT @dahara: I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. ::: Diego Rivera ::: #quote #art
RT @dahara: I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. ::: Diego Rivera ::: #quote #art
NaimaZarga (Naima Zarga) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:18:47 -0000
RT @dahara: I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. ::: Diego Rivera ::: #quote #art
I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. ::: Diego Rivera ::: #quote #art
dahara (dahara ) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:16:41 -0000
I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. ::: Diego Rivera ::: #quote #art
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Diego Rivera Prints - Presents biography, artistic styles, paintings, and controversies surrounding the artist.
Meta Description: [ Discusses Diego Rivera prints, posters, and paintings. Also includes biographies, artistic styles, and controversies surrounding the artist. ]

Fine Arts Museum of San Fancisco - Diego Rivera - Presenting several works of the artist.

404 Fondation Pierre Gianadda - Diego Rivera - Frida Kahlo - Exhibition focusing on the two artists featuring several works.
Meta Description: [ La fondation Gianadda de Martigny (Suisse) organise des expositions temporaires prestigieuses de peintures, sculptures et dessins, elle organise une saison musicale où des interprètes de renommée internationale se produisent. La fondation Gianadda présente des collections permanentes: Collection ... ]

Tate Collections - Diego Rivera - Offering a brief biography and two works (Images not available, due to copyright restrictions.)

Virtual Diego Rivera Web Museum - Gallery of paintings and murals, quicktime videos, biographical information, with posters and books for sale. In English and Spanish.
Meta Description: [ Disponible en Castellano e InglÚs, este rico y elegante sitio muestra la belleza y pasi÷n del notable muralista mexicano y activista Diego Rivera. Aquâ aprender½ acerca de su vida, disfrutar muchas de sus obras, visitar virtualmente sus museos, y explorar sus escritos. ]

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