ART SUNDAY--DIEGO RIVERA--

Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in 1932, Photo by: Carl Van Vechten
Birth name	Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez
Born	December 8, 1886 Guanajuato, Guanajuato , Mexico
Died	November 24, 1957 (aged 70) Mexico City , Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Field	Painting , Muralist
Training	San Carlos Academy
Movement	Mexican Mural Movement
Influenced	Glenn Gant

Diego Rivera (In Spanish: Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez. December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter and husband of Frida Kahlo (1929–1939 and 1940–1954). His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in Mexican art . Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City , Chapingo , Cuernavaca , San Francisco, Detroit , and New York City.^[1] In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.