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| − | 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 mural is now in [[Mexico City]] Museum of Fine Arts.<ref>[http://gomexico.about.com/od/sights/ss/df_walking_9.htm Mexico City Museum of Fine Arts]</ref> | + | 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]] Museum of Fine Arts.<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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 22:34, October 5, 2007
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. The virtual Diego Rivera Web Museum
Detail of mural, Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park, 1948.
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 Museum of Fine Arts.[1]
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
External links
- Diego Rivera
- Diego Rivera Encyclopædia Britannica.