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Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera. By: Jocelyn White. December 8 , 1886: Birth. He was born in Guanajuato City, Guanajuato to Diego and Maria Barrientos . He had a twin named Jose Carlos, who died at 16 months due to infections. His mom was Jewish and his dad was Spanish Nobility.

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Diego Rivera

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  1. Diego Rivera By: Jocelyn White

  2. December 8, 1886: Birth • He was born in Guanajuato City, Guanajuato to Diego and Maria Barrientos. • He had a twin named Jose Carlos, who died at 16 months due to infections. • His mom was Jewish and his dad was Spanish Nobility. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera • http://www.mexonline.com/diegorivera.htm

  3. Guanajuato City

  4. 1907- Europe • He and his family moved to Paris, France. • They lived their for fourteen years while he went to school. • Diego encountered works by Cezanne, Gauguin, and Renior. • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/diego-rivera/about-the-artist/64/

  5. Paul Gauguin Paul Cezanne Pierre Auguste Renoir

  6. 1909- 1st Marriage • He met Angeline Belhoff while he in Brussels. • She was a kind, sensitive Russian who was also a painter. • They were married for the next 12 years. • http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm

  7. Angeline Belhoff

  8. Spring 1922- 2nd Marriage • His third wife was Lupe Martin. • They met while on travels in Mexico to study the various landscapes and history. • They divorced in 1927. • http://www.diego-rivera.org/biography.html • http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm

  9. Lupe Martin

  10. Autumn 1922- Founding of Technical School • Founded The Revolutionary Union of Technical Workers, Painters and Sculptures. • Later that year, Diego joined the Mexican Communist Party. • Diego started to develop his own style based on large, simplified figures and bold colors with an Aztec influences. • http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera

  11. Diego is standing and speaking to the crowd during a meeting.

  12. Autumn of 1927- October Revolution • Diego celebrated the 10th Anniversary of The October Revolution. • He was invited to paint a mural for the Red Army Club in Moscow, Russia. • He was ordered out shortly after he started, due to involvement in Anti-Soviet Policies. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera

  13. The October Revolution 1917 in Russia

  14. August 21, 1929- 3rd Marriage • Diego and Frida Kahlo were married twice during their love affair. • Diego was 36 and was painting his first mural in the amphitheater of the National Preparatory School when he and Frida first met. • Kahlo’s father had observed the lovers silently, and with a partial blessing, Rivera, 42, and Kahlo, 22, were married for the first time on August 21, 1929. • http://www.diego-rivera.org/lifewithfrida.html

  15. Frida and her portrait by Rivera

  16. Winter of 1917- Baby Diego • Angeline Belhoff had a baby boy, Diego’s one and only son. • Diego named him Diego after himself, only to have the baby die a year later due to illness. • He went Angeline’s rival, Marie Marevna, who also became pregnant. • http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rivera.html

  17. Marie Marevna, a Russian Painter

  18. November 1957- Death • Diego died at age 71 • He died from heart failure, only to die with out his lover, Frida Kahlo, who died 3 years before. • He died with his life perfectly in balance and Mexican Culture in balance also. • http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rivera.html • http://www.mexonline.com/diegorivera.htm

  19. He died an amazing painter with influence in Mexico.

  20. The End!!

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