Diego Rivera

1886-1957 · Mexican · Mexican Muralism, Cubism

Biography

Diego Rivera was the best known of the Mexican muralists. After more than a decade in Europe, where he painted accomplished Cubist works in Paris, he returned to Mexico in 1921 and covered public buildings with vast frescoes of Mexican history, labour and indigenous culture. Commissions in the United States followed, including the Detroit Industry murals and the destroyed Rockefeller Center mural. His easel paintings, from Cubist canvases to scenes of Mexican life and portraits, are what reaches the market, and his reputation is closely tied to that of his wife Frida Kahlo. In May 2018 Los rivales (1931), from the Rockefeller collection, sold for 9.8 million dollars at Christie's New York, then a record for Latin American art.

Market

• Liquidity: Medium

Museums

• Palacio Nacional e Palacio de Bellas Artes, Città del Messico (murali)
• Museo Mural Diego Rivera, Città del Messico
• Detroit Institute of Arts
• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Museo Dolores Olmedo, Città del Messico

Sources

• Artfix Daily, Rockefeller sale May 2018
• El Universal, Diego Rivera breaks record
• Masterworks, Diego Rivera

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