Dec 22, 2009
Article abstract: Rivera was a painter who at first transcended his native Mexico and its rich and diverse artistic heritage to embrace broader modern European movements. Eventually in his work, he fused the Mexican and European forms to become one of his country’s greatest muralists and a giant in the world of art.
Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886, in Guanajuato, Mexico, the birthplace of Mexican independence from Spain in 1810. His father, Diego, was a schoolteacher of Spanish-Portuguese-Jewish background, and his mother was of...
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