Diego Rivera

1886 – 1957 · died at about 71^[1][2]

Art

Fun Facts About Diego Rivera

• Diego Rivera refused to remove a portrait of Vladimir Lenin from his mural for New York's Rockefeller Center, and the mural was later destroyed.^[1]
• When young Rivera was caught drawing on the walls of the house, his parents installed chalkboards and canvas on the walls to encourage him.^[1]
• Rivera married Frida Kahlo twice: they divorced in 1939 and remarried in San Francisco in 1940.^[1][3][4]
• Rivera painted his first significant mural in 1922 while guarding himself with a pistol against right-wing students.^[1]
• Exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky lived with Rivera and Frida Kahlo for several months in Mexico.^[1][3][4]
• Rivera's mural showing a sign that read "God does not exist" was kept from view for nine years, until he agreed to remove the inscription.^[1]
• Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were not just contemporaries; they married each other twice.^[1][2][3][4]
• Diego Rivera was alive at the same time as Bill Gates — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1955–1957).^[1][2][5][6]

Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.^[1]

Contemporaries

Winston Churchill

71 yr overlap

Carl Jung

71 yr overlap

Pablo Picasso

71 yr overlap

Igor Stravinsky

71 yr overlap

Coco Chanel

71 yr overlap

Niels Bohr

71 yr overlap

Lise Meitner

71 yr overlap

Helen Keller

71 yr overlap

Eleanor Roosevelt

71 yr overlap

Albert Schweitzer

71 yr overlap

Harry S. Truman

71 yr overlap

Bertrand Russell

71 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Diego Rivera

When was Diego Rivera born?

Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886, and died on November 24, 1957.

How old was Diego Rivera at death?

Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886, and died on November 24, 1957, at age 70.

What was Diego Rivera known for?

Diego Rivera was known for: Mexican muralist, political artist. Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.

Who was alive at the same time as Diego Rivera?

Diego Rivera's closest contemporary was Winston Churchill. Their lives overlapped for 71 years.