Diego Rivera Murals

Leon Trotsky in the Controller mural (detail)

Keywords:  Diego Rivera, Lenin, Lenin the Bolshevik Leader, Frida Kahlo, Trotsky

Diego Rivera's first mural: Creation, 1922-23, Anfiteatro Simon Bolivar

Diego Rivera:   Day of the Dead, 1924, Ministry of Education

The Burning of the Judases, 1924, Ministry of Education

The Agitator, 1926, Autonomous University of Chapingo

Was Diego Rivera's Lenin in the Rockefeller Center the Reappearance of his Russian Buddy?

Epic of the Mexican People - Mexico Today and Tomorrow, 1934-35, Palacio Nacional, Mexico City

Diego Rivera in front of one of his murals at the Ministry of Education, 1924

Diego Rivera with Frida Kahlo, 1930

The Bandit Hero, 1936, 1/4 panels, Hotel Reforma

Pan-American Unity, 1940, 2/10 transportable panels

Pan-American Unity, 1940, City College of San Francisco

Diego Rivera:  The Great City of Tenochtitlan, 1945, National Palace, Mexico City

Huastec Civilization, 1950, National Palace, Mexico City

Diego Rivera: Totonac Civilization, 1950, National Palace, Mexico City

Andrea Kettenmann, Rivera, Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmnH, p55, p72, p73, 1997.
Patrick Marnham, Dreaming with his Eyes open..., Alfred A. Knopf, p242, 1998.
Desmond Rochfort, mexican muralists, Chronicle Books, p34, p50, p72, p92, p170-2, 1993.
Carla Stellweg, Frida Kahlo: The Camera Seduced, Chronicle Books, p31, 1992.

I'm Diego, and I paint what I see!