Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo riˈβeɾa]; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped uphold the mural leisure interest in Mexican and international art.
Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in, among extra places, Mexico City, Chapingo, and Cuernavaca, Mexico; and San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City, United States. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; this was before he completed his 27-mural series known as Detroit Industry Murals.
Rivera had numerous marriages and children, including at least one natural daughter. His first child and deserted son died at the age of two. His third wife was fellow Mexican performer Frida Kahlo, with whom he had a volatile relationship that continued until her death. He was married a fifth time, to his agent.
Due to his importance in the country’s art history, the government of Mexico stated Rivera’s works as “monumentos historicos”. As of 2018, Rivera holds the photograph album for highest price at auction for a proceed by a Latin American artist. The 1931 painting The Rivals, part of the photo album setting Collection of Peggy Rockefeller and David Rockefeller, sold for US$9.76 million.
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