Art, literature & historyThe Flower Seller
Diego Rivera: 1886–1957
Other names (8)
Diego María Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera, Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta Rodríguez, Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, Diego Maria Rivera, diego m. rivera, Diego Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, José Diego María Rivera, Rivera Diego
Biography
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez (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 in Mexico, and San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City in the United States. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, shortly before Rivera's commencement of his 27-mural series known as Detroit Industry Murals the next year.
Rivera had four wives and numerous children, including at least one illegitimate daughter. His first child and only son died at the age of two. His third wife was fellow Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, with whom he had a volatile relationship that continued until her death. His previous two marriages, ending in divorce, were respectively to a fellow artist and a novelist, and his final marriage was to his agent.
Due to his importance in the country's art history, the government of Mexico declared Rivera's works as monumentos históricos. Rivera held the record for highest price at auction for a work by a Latin American artist until November 2021, with his 1931 painting The Rivals. The painting was part of the record-setting collection of Peggy Rockefeller and David Rockefeller, and sold for $9.76 million USD at a 2018 Christie's auction.
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Influenced by
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- Marc Chagalleditorial inference
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- Octave Denis Victor Guillonneteditorial inference
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- José Guadalupe Posadaeditorial inference
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Later influence
- Alfredo Zalceeditorial inference
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- Thomas Hart Bentoneditorial inference
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- Frida Kahloeditorial inference
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- Charles Cecil Pollockeditorial inference
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- Maxine Albroeditorial inference
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- Fernando Boteroeditorial inference
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- John Goldingeditorial inference
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Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Diego Rivera. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art25 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago10 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art6 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art5 recorded works
- Museum of Modern Art4 recorded works
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts3 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)2 recorded works
- Brooklyn Museum1 recorded work
- Detroit Institute of Arts1 recorded work
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art1 recorded work
- Minneapolis Institute of Art1 recorded work
- Museo Mural Diego Rivera, Mexico City, Mexico1 recorded work
- Museo Nacional de Arte1 recorded work
- Tate1 recorded work
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- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Tate Collection metadata (October 2014 snapshot)
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)