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Diego Rivera
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BornDiego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez
Dec.

8, 1886
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

DiedNov. 24, 1957 (at age 70)
Mexico City, Mexico
NationalityMexican
EducationSan Carlos Academy
MovementMexican Mural Movement
FieldPainting, Muralist
WifeFrida Kahlo

Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico.

At the age of two, his family had already set him up an art studio; he couldn’t even read. They moved to Mexico City in 1892.

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  • His mom descended from Jews that had converted to Roman Catholicism, and his dad descended from Spanish Royalty. At the age of ten, Diego took evening classes at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. He enrolled in military college to impress his dad, but quit two weeks later.

    In 1891, he became a full time student at the Academy of San Carlos, studying art. His dad was an inspecto