Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter born in 1886 who was inspired by cubism in Paris in the early 1900s. He embraced post-impressionism in the late 1910s with simple forms and vivid colors. Inspired by the Mexican and Russian Revolutions, Rivera wanted to make art that reflected the lives of the working class and native peoples of Mexico. He is known for his large-scale murals painted in public buildings in Mexico and the United States in the 1920s-1930s that depicted political and social themes.

1. Diego Rivera Spanish Project

11. “Man at the Crossroads”