Diego Rivera

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Diego Rivera
December 8, 1886 - November 25, 1957
Created By Katy Worden Apryl Sessoms Vicki
Pile April 2000 Period 6
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Diego Rivera

• Personal Life
• Family
• Riveras Studies
• Artistic Style
• Interesting Facts

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Rivera's Family

• Father, Diego Rivera
• Russian born and immigrated to Mexico
• Owner of several silver mines in Guanajuato
• Taught his son Diego to read at the age of four
• Mother, Maria del Pilar Barrientos
• teacher
• took up medical studeies and became a mid-wife
• strict catholic

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Rivera's Family

• Grandmother
• Was said to be 1/2 indian blood
• Even though her ethnic background was unproven,
  he was proud to call himself a real mestizo
• Siblings
• December 13, 1886, Twin brothers, Jose Diego
  Maria, and Jose Carlos Maria were born. One
  brother died at 18 months.
• Younger sister, Maria del Pilar

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Other Relations

• 1915, Diego begins relationship with Russian
  artist, Marevna Vorobyov - Stebelska
• 1919, Had daughter with her
• 1922, Diego marries Guadalupe Marin
• 1924 - 1927 Two daughters born
• 1929 - Diego marries Frida Kahlo

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More family....

• Mother - Maria del Pilar Barrientos
• teacher
• took up medical studies and became a mid-wife
• was a strict Catholic
• Siblings
• older twin brothers, Jose Diego Maria and Jose
  Carlos Maria, one brother died at only 18 months
• younger sister, Maria del Pilar

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Rivera's Studies

• 1898-1905, Diego Rivera studied at the San
  Carlos Academy- he was taught by Spanish painter
  Santiago Rubull
• 1907, Rivera took a ship to Spain there he
  learned how to incorporate several different
  influences of art into his work
• Studied the work of Goya-especially Goyas Black
  Paintings- and then Rivera experimented with his
  work
• 1909, Rivera traveled to France, Belgium, and
  London to become familiar with the works of other
  Spanish artists and intellectuals
• 1913, studies the use of juxtaposition of spacial
  shapes and surfaces-this led to his transition to
  Cubism
• 1920, spent 17 months studying Italian art and
  history

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Artistic Styles

• 1907-1921- spent time in Europe
• 1930-1934- lived in the United States
• 1936-1940- painted only easel works

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Works of Cubism 1912-1918
Motherhood 1916 The Museum of Art, Alvar and
Carmin, Mexico City
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El Guerrilla 1915 National Museum of Art in
Mexico City
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The Architect 1915 Museum of Art, Alvar y Carmin
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Interesting Facts
In 1904, Diego took a human anatomy course and
read about an experiment that changed his eating
habits! Diego and a few of his classmates decided
to experiment with cannibalism, which is eating
human body parts. Diegos favorite parts were the
legs, breasts, and brains of women.
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....More Interesting Facts

• Diego Rivera fought in the Mexican Revolution
• He had a lot of difficulty in separating
  fiction from reality
• In 1896, when Diego was only 10, he showed
  various artistic abilities and started to take
  classes at San Carlos Academy
• Diego was soon expelled from this academy
  because of starting student riots
• Beginning in 1920, Diego spent 17 months
  developing over 200 sketches of works in which
  all are missing today
• Besides a painter, Rivera was also known for
  being a draughtsman, graphic artist, book
  illustrator, and costume and stage designer

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more facts...
Diego was sick as a child and was given a nurse
to look after him. He grew to love his nurse more
than his own mother. Diego had little trust in
humans and during the time he spent in the Sierra
Mountains he become friends with many animals. He
said that the animals loved him no matter how
dangerous they were. The animals taught him trust
animals and like them more than humans.
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more facts...
At 6 years old Diego hung out with a group of
local prostitutes who served the Guanajuato
miners. I became their pet they became my
love says Rivera. At age 9, Diego had a
mistress that was 18 years old. She was an
American teacher at a Protestant school.
Riveras and his wife Frida were not faithful
during their marriage. They had affairs with
other people. During their first year of marriage
Rivera had an affair with Fridas younger sister.
more facts...
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