Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as
Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter. His large wall works in
fresco helped establish the
Mexican Mural Movement in
Mexican art. 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 at the
Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Rivera had a volatile marriage with fellow Mexican artist
Frida Kahlo.