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    Diego Rivera is well known mexican painter and muralist and most influential in the twentieth century. Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico on December 8th, 1886 and died on November 24th, 1957, in Mexico City, Mexico. His parents discovered he was gifted when he was a toddler and supported it to the extent that they had set up a room in their home where Rivera could let his creativity loose. Later, at the age of six, Rivera and his family moved to Mexico City. Their he attended San Carlos Academy

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    Diego Rivera Diego Rivera he is a Mexican painter who produced murals on social themes and who ranks one of my countries greatest artists. He was born in Guanajuato and educated at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts , in Mexico City. he studied painting in Europe between 1907 and 1921, becoming familiar with the innovative cubist forms of the French painter Paul Cezanne and Pablo Picasso. In 1921 Riviera returned to Mexico and took a prominent part in revival of mural painting initiated

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    Diego Rivera held themes of: social inequality; industry; technology; history; and the relationship of nature of Mexico. It started when Diego Rivera, a Mexican painter and muralist, became interested in painting at such a young age. His parents designated a room for him to pain murals on the walls. Growing up he attended art classes after school in Mexico and continued art classes in Europe. He studied in the Academy of San Carlos and in Jose Guadalupe Posada’s workshop. He dedicated himself to

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    impressive Mexican painters of the twentieth century, Diego Rivera influenced the art world immensely, especially with his use of muralism. “Diego Rivera was born on December 8th, 1886, in Guanajuato, Mexico” (Biography of Rivera). Rivera was raised from a well off family and practiced art at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. Rivera began his work in many places throughout Europe in cities like Madrid, Paris, and Italy. Around 1915, Rivera progressed to the cubist and impressionist form of

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    I am Joshua Sosa, the newspaper reporter, introducing a famous Mexican artist, Diego Rivera. Guanajuato, Mexico and December 8th of 1886 is the time and place where Rivera was born. His passion for art began in his early life and kept constantly growing inside of him. Diego commenced his studies of art in the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. In 1907, Rivera traveled to Europe, there he was inspired by many influential artist, was inspired to make murals, and meaningful artwork. The

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    good brushes and plenty of paint will help you with painting it (Hamilton, Personal Interview). That’s exactly what Diego Rivera did. Jose Diego Maria Rivera was born Guanajuato, Mexico on December 8th, 1886. He had a twin brother that died when he was about 2 years old. His father worked as a teacher, a health inspector, and an editor for a newspaper (Encyclopedia 1). Diego Rivera is one of the most inspirational muralists to come from Mexico, because he has the most unique murals illustrated in

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    In spite of the fact that Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter, impacted much of his authentic roots in Mexico, his commitments to American culture all through the primary portion of the twentieth century were incredible. Rivera needed his specialty to impact the sufficient world to transform it. Amid a period of upheavals in both technological innovation and political issues, Rivera was one of the numerous roused to make work that was socially radical at the time. His perspectives of help for Socialism

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    the true face of mankind. It takes courage to present creativity and art has always required belief. Diego Rivera was the kind of person who had courage, belief and resources to become an Artist. Being born in Guanajuato City to a well-off family, Rivera claimed to be descended, on his mother's side, from Jews who converted to Roman Catholicism, and, on his father's side, from Spanish nobility. Rivera began drawing at the age of three, a year after his twin brother's death. He had started drawing on

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    relationship with the passionate Frida Kahlo would rival against it. After they met through a mutual friend (“Chronology” 6), Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, a Mexican artist (Krull 85), were married in Coyoacán on August 21, 1929 (“Chronology” 6). Rivera was 42 years old, and Frida was 22 years old (“Chronology”6). They were nicknamed the Elephant and the Dove because Rivera was over six feet tall and weighed 300 pounds as opposed to Frida, who was five feet three inches and weighed 98 pounds (Krull

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    Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo The Famous Artist, Diego Rivera, was born December 8th, 1886. Rivera went to study art at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. He began to study on painting at an early age in 1907 and moved to Europe. On his later free time for the past 14 years in Paris, Diego Rivera found the works of such great masters like Matisse, Gauguin, and Cezanne. Which inspired him to become an even better artist than he was before. While in europe he was hoping to find a new

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