Diego Rivera
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Personal Life and Marriage to Frida Kahlo
Rivera’s personal life was as dynamic as his artistic career. He married five times and had three children: a son named Diego with his first wife, and two daughters, Ruth and Guadalupe, with his second wife. His most well-known marriage was to fellow Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The couple wed in 1929 when Rivera was 42 and Kahlo was 22, not 29 as popularly believed.
Quick Facts
- Birth Date
- 8 Dec, 1886
- Age
- 133 yrs
- Occupations
- Painter
Artist
Drawer
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- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Birth Place
- Guanajuato
- Education
- Academy of San Carlos
Académie Julian - Gender
- Male
- Description
- Mexican painter and muralist
- Net Worth 2021
- 3 million
Their relationship was famously turbulent, strained by mutual infidelities and Rivera’s difficult temperament. They divorced in 1939 but reconciled and remarried the following year. After Kahlo’s death in 1954, Rivera married his art dealer and agent, Emma Hurtado, in 1955.
Legacy in Mexican Art
Diego Rivera remains a towering figure in 20th-century art. His work not only helped shape modern Mexican identity but also influenced generations of muralists and socially conscious artists. His integration of political themes with public art has had a lasting impact on both Mexican and global art scenes.
