Diego Rivera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Diego Rivera

Mexican painter and muralist

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1886

Place of Birth: Guanajuato, Mexico

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1957

Profession: artist, painter

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (Spanish pronunciation: ['dje?o ri'ße?a]; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter.
His large frescoes helped establish the Mexican mural movement in Mexican art.
Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in, among other places, Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City.
In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Rivera had a volatile marriage with fellow Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.