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Sunday, 2 May 2010

This is an old favourite, I've posted him before and so have others. But; ..... what can I say?... I love his work and am posting again, he makes such 'happy' paintings and looking at them makes me feel good.

Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was born Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez in Guanajuato, Gto.

He was a world-famous Mexican painter, an active Communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo, 1929-1939 and 1940-1954 (her death).

Rivera's large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City

HHis 1931 retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City was their second.

Lots more very interesting info here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera

Great site and pictures of his mural work

http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm

also check this one out, the Mural project

http://www.riveramural.com/home.asp?language=english

his paintings are here

http://forgetmenot525.multiply.com/photos/album/257/Diego_Rivera

Sunday, 23 August 2009

Sunday Art; Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera

I had almost decided not to post this, hence my second choice Helen Forbes is already posted.

I like this post much better and the reason I didn’t post it earlier is that I suddenly remembered someone else posting on him a while ago.

Then I thought, well there are maybe some people who didn’t see the other post, so to who ever posted this guy before (sorry but can’t remember who you are) you have great taste.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was born Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez in Guanajuato, Gto. He was a world-famous Mexican painter, an active Communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo, 1929-1939 and 1940-1954 (her death). Rivera's large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance.

Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City.[1] His 1931 retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City was their second.

Lots more very interesting info here.