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Article: Artist of the revolution: Diego Rivera's artwork reflected his ardent belief in communism and his rejection of God, tradition, and capitalism. Yet his American admirers included the Rockefellers.(HISTORY--PAST AND PERSPECTIVE)(Biography)
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- The New American
- Article date:
- September 17, 2007
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Diego Rivera produced some of Mexico's most beautiful and competent art during the 20th century. A student of both classical and modern forms, Rivera's artwork ranged from portraiture to propaganda. But he is perhaps best known for the latter. His colorful, larger-than-life murals reflected his ardent belief in communism, and his rejection of God, tradition, and capitalism. Despite his politics, which were well known to all, Rivera's work was promoted in some unlikely places by some unlikely individuals, including America's super capitalists--the Rockefellers.
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Diego Rivera was born in 1886, in Guanajuato, Mexico, to an upper ...