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Line 1: − [[Image:Rivera.jpg|left|100px|Diego and Frida]]+ − '''Diego Rivera''' ([[Guanajuato]] 1886 – [[Mexico City]] 1957) was a Mexican painter. − − ''Rivera's talent for historical murals and his tributes to earthy folk traditions made him one of the most influential artists in the Americas and one of Mexico's most beloved painters.'' [http://www.diegorivera.com/index.php The virtual Diego Rivera Web Museum] − − [[Image:Rivera AlamedaPark.jpg|center|Rivera's detail of mural]] − <center> − Detail of mural, '''Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park, 1948.''' − </center> − − Rivera was husband of artist [[Frida Kahlo]] and was an associate of [[Leon Trotsky]] during Trotsky's last days in Mexico. A noted [[Communist]], he once attempted to insert a portrait of [[Lenin]] into a mural commissioned by [[Nelson Rockefeller]]. Later, Rockefeller ordered it to be painted over, due to some pro-[[socialist]] imagery in the work. A duplicate original mural is now in [[Mexico City]]'s [[The Fine Arts Palace]].<ref>[http://gomexico.about.com/od/sights/ss/df_walking_9.htm Mexico City Museum of Fine Arts]</ref> − − At the [[Detroit]] Institute of Arts, the museum's central courtyard is decorated with a series of 27 murals by the Mexican painter Diego Rivera that depict the automobile industry. − − == See also == − *[[Painting Masterpieces PART III]] − *[[Painting Schools]] − *[[Muralism]] − *[[Frida Kahlo]] − − == External links == − *[http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm Diego Rivera] − *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-504901/Diego-Rivera Diego Rivera] Encyclopædia Britannica. − *[http://biography.free-people.net/paintings-diego-rivera.php Diego Rivera] Free people. − − ==References== − <references/> − − {{DEFAULTSORT: Rivera, Diego}} − [[Category:Artists]] − [[Category:communists|Rivera, Diego]] − [[Category:Mexico|Rivera, Diego]] − [[Category:Painting]]
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