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Diego Rivera

1886 - 1957

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Diego Rivera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo riˈβeɾa]; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in, among other places, Mexico City, Chapingo, and Cuernavaca, Mexico; and San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diego Rivera is the 61st most popular painter (up from 78th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Mexico (up from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Painter.

Diego Rivera is most famous for his murals, which are painted on large walls. He was a Mexican artist who was born in 1886 and died in 1957.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Diego Rivera ranks 61 out of 2,023. Before him are Camille Pissarro, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Giorgione, Giovanni Bellini, Egon Schiele, and Domenico Ghirlandaio. After him are Kazimir Malevich, Jean-François Millet, Piero della Francesca, J. M. W. Turner, Andrea Mantegna, and Lucas Cranach the Elder.

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Among people born in 1886, Diego Rivera ranks 4. Before him are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, David Ben-Gurion, and Alfonso XIII of Spain. After him are Robert Schuman, Robert Robinson, Manne Siegbahn, Oskar Kokoschka, Béla Kun, Jean Arp, Sergey Kirov, and Mir Osman Ali Khan. Among people deceased in 1957, Diego Rivera ranks 5. Before him are Haakon VII of Norway, Jean Sibelius, Friedrich Paulus, and John von Neumann. After him are Miklós Horthy, Christian Dior, Humphrey Bogart, Johannes Stark, Nikos Kazantzakis, Constantin Brâncuși, and Walther Bothe.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Diego Rivera ranks 2 out of 729. Before him are Frida Kahlo (1907). After him are Anthony Quinn (1915), Moctezuma II (1466), Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957), Emiliano Zapata (1879), Carlos Santana (1947), Carlos Slim (1940), Octavio Paz (1914), Pancho Villa (1878), Cuauhtémoc (1495), and Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794).

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Among PAINTERS In Mexico

Among painters born in Mexico, Diego Rivera ranks 2. Before him are Frida Kahlo (1907). After him are David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), José Clemente Orozco (1883), Rufino Tamayo (1899), Juan O'Gorman (1905), Emmanuel Lubezki (1964), Francisco Toledo (1940), and Ignacio Ortiz (1934).

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