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Diego Rivera is one of, if not the most, famous artist to ever come out of South America. His influence can be seen not only to his own country, but also all over the world. Rivera was born on December 13, 1886, the date of one of many Mexican religious festivals, in Guanajuato. He was the first in a set of twins. His twin brother's name was Jose Carlos and he died at the age of one and a half. As a matter of fact, his whole name was actually Diego Mariade la Concepcion Juan Nepolmuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodriguez. Fortunately, in later years Rivera did not have to use all of his names when he signed his artwork. On his early pieces he used the name Diego Mariade Rivera to distinguish himself from his father, though shortened it to simply Diego Rivera later on. From a very early age, Rivera showed signs of tremendous artistic talent. In 1889, well before his third birthday, he drew a surprisingly accurate picture of a train, complete with a steam engine and a trainman's car. This piece of art hangs in a Mexican museum to this day. As a child, he would decorate everything from the walls to the furniture in his house with his art. As to not disturb his
In November of 1921 came the break that started Rivera's career as a muralist. Now, back in Mexico, Rivera received an opportunity to talk at length with the Mexican government's minister of education, Jose Vasconcelos. They both shared in the dream of decorating some of Mexico City's drab walls with artwork. Rivera was given the opportunity to paint his first mural on the inside front wall of the National Preparatory School auditorium, which was part of the University of Mexico in Mexico City. During the earliest stages of his work, he met a young woman named Guadalupe Marin. In 1922, while still working on the mural, he and Guadalupe got married. In addition to his artistic abilities, Rivera gained a talent in making people angry. From childhood until the end of his life he seemed to take great pleasure in the anger of others. Despite this, Rivera was an excellent student. In 1896, he achieved the highest score on the year-end exams. Later, in 1898, he graduated with honors from elementary school, just four years after entering. The only part of the curriculum that Rivera lacked in was his training in Christian religious matters. He constantly challenged his priest's teachings, which suggested that he continue his religious learning at home. Even before finishing elementary school, Rivera began attending night classes at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts. He was the youngest student at the academy, yet had no trouble competing with everyone else. His hard work earned him a scholarship that enabled him to take the school's regular day courses. In 1911, Rivera began to experiment with a new kind of art that was sweeping Paris. By 1913, he was one of the leaders of the new artistic movements called cubism. Most of the previous forms of artwork before cubism expressed the world in a rather realistic way. The subjects of the piece of artwork, whether it was a person, an animal, or a bowl of fruit, were generally quite easy to recognize. Led by artists Pablo Picasso, George Braque, Diego Rivera and a number of other painters who worked in Paris in the early years of the tw
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