Diego Rivera

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Diego Rivera

Mexican painter

Also known as: Diego María Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez

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In full:: Diego María Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez

Born:: December 8, 1886, Guanajuato, Mexico

Died:: November 25, 1957, Mexico City (aged 70)

Notable Works:: “Creation”; “Man at the Crossroads”

Notable Family Members:: spouse Frida Kahlo

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Diego Rivera (born December 8, 1886, Guanajuato, Mexico—died November 25, 1957, Mexico City) was a Mexican painter whose bold large-scale murals stimulated a revival of fresco painting in Latin America. A government scholarship enabled Rivera to study art at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City from age 10, and a grant from the governor of Veracruz enabled him to continue his studies in Europe in 1907. He studied in Spain and in 1909 settled in Paris, where he became a friend of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and other leading modern painters. About 1917 he abandoned the Cubist style ...(100 of 498 words)

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