Diego Rivera

‘La Era (The Threshing Floor) 1904 (oil on canvas)’ was created in 1904 by Diego Rivera in Social Realism style. Find more prominent pieces of landscape at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

Celebrating art’s unique power to promote understanding and progress across cultures, Sotheby’s and Citi Private Bank are partnering to present 5 episodes of Most Famous Artworks. In this episode, explore how Diego Rivera’s late masterpiece gave a century of tumultuous history to the fine diners of Mexico City.

Cargador de flores andando (El vendedor de gladiolas y hortensias)

Detail of hummingbirds from Diego Rivera's remarkable 1947 oil painting, Portrait of Linda Christian

‘Self-Portrait Dedicated to Irene Rich’ was created in 1941 by Diego Rivera in Social Realism style. Find more prominent pieces of self-portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

Niño con alcatraces

This is part 1 of a 2-part post looking at the life and works of Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957). Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato. He was an active communist, and the husband of painter Frida Kahlo. His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held…

Exhibit opening Sunday is most significant the DIA has mounted in recent years

The Dream (Sueño), Diego Rivera (Mexico, 1886-1957), Mexico, 1932, Prints, Lithograph.