Diego Rivera was a Mexican muralist born in 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico. He studied painting in Europe for 14 years, being inspired by Italian frescoes. Rivera began painting murals to express his political ideas to a wider audience. Some of his most famous murals include an homage to labor and industry at the Detroit Institute of Arts and many murals depicting Mexican history and culture. He was married to the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

1. DIEGO RIVERA
1886-1957

2. SU VIDA
-Born in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1886
-Studied painting at an early age
-Moved to Europe in 1907
-Spent the next 14 years in Paris studying great
Impressionist artists such as Cezanne, Gauguin,
Renoir, and Matisse

3. Su inspiracion
-Inspired by Italian frescoes- mural
paintings done on fresh plaster
-He began painting murals to
express his political ideas to a
wider audience

4. Sus cuadros

5. Sus murales
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1168

6. La industria de los automoviles
http://redtreetimes.com/2011/04/06/diego-riveras-paean-to-labor-and-

7. Adentro del museo en Detroit
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8. Su esposa Frida Kahlo

9. Works Cited
http://redtreetimes.com/2011/04/06/diego-riveras-paean-to-labor-and-industry/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/diego-rivera/about-the-
artist/64/
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1168