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Diego Rivera, now thought to be one of the leading artists of the 20th century, was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1886.
Diego rivera facts
Rivera was a Mexican artist and a Muralist who sort to make art that reflected the lives of the working class and the native Mexican people.
Diego Rivera Biography
Diego Rivera’s passion for art began at a young age when he went to study art at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, Mexico, through a government scholarship.
He studied with Gerardo Murillo, an artist who would later become a driving force of the Mexican Mural Movement, which Rivera was involved in.
Upon completing his studies in 1905, Rivera had more than two dozen paintings exhibited in the San Carlos Academy Art Show.
His famous works of this time are the “La Era”- The Threshing, which showed elements of Impressionism in the lay of light and shadow, and his prowess in color use.
Subject Matter of his Artwork
Rivera went to Europe in 1907, where he met some influential