Diego
Rivera
Diego Rivera is considered by many to be the greatest Mexican painter of the twentieth century. Rivera’s art combines images of Mexico’s pre-Colombian past with themes of the Mexican Revolution and the customs and daily lives of the people. Perhaps the most important credit attributed to Rivera was his reintroduction of fresco painting into modern art and architecture, which incited the entire Mexican muralism movement. Mural painting was so attractive to Rivera because it allowed him to take his art to a broad audience, to the streets, and to the buildings while using a precise and direct language with a realistic style full of social meaning.
