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This is a list of works by Diego Rivera (8 December 1886, Guanajuato – 24 November 1957, Mexico City). He was a Modern painter, famous for his social realist murals. This list is split into two distinct era's in Rivera's work, the formative years between 1886 until 1920; and the social realism years between 1921 until his death in 1957.
Diego Rivera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo riˈβeɾa]; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter.His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.
Detroit Industry: The Murals of Diego Rivera, Don Gonyea, NPR, April 22, 2009, includes audio, text, slideshow, and video of Rivera painting the murals. "Symbolism in Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals" Archived May 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine; Meet America's Newest Historic Landmarks, PBS Newshour, April 27, 2014.
Man at the Crossroads (1933) was a fresco by Mexican painter Diego Rivera.Originally slated to be installed in the lobby of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center in New York City, the fresco showed aspects of contemporary social and scientific culture.
In 1931 Diego Rivera became the second artist ever to hold a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, following Henri Matisse’s solo exhibition earlier that year. Rivera's exhibition was described as a "media event" and broke all museum attendance records at the time, drawing 56,575 attendees—more than double the attendance of the ...
Frida and Diego Rivera, painted in 1931, offers a fascinating glimpse at her inimitable style: In the portrait, she wears an ankle-length green dress and rebozo, finished with a pair of tasseled ...