This is a list of works by Diego Rivera (8 December 1886, Guanajuato â 24 November 1957, Mexico City). He was a Modern painter, famous for his social realist murals. This list is split into two distinct era's in Rivera's work, the: formative years between 1886 until 1920; and theââsocial realism years between 1921 until his death in 1957.
Rivera is also known for his marriageââto Frida Kahlo (6 July 1907, Mexico City â 13 July 1954, Mexico City), also a celebrated Mexican painter.
Paintings by Riveraâ»
Formative Years (1886â1912)â»
Pre-Cubism (1912â1913)â»
Cubism (1913â1920)â»
Image | Title (English) | Year | Location | Dimensions (cm) | Medium |
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Woman At a Well | 1913 | Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City | |||
Chimenea (Chimney) | 1913 | Foro ValparaĂso, Mexico City, MĂ©xico | 73 Ă 59.4 | oil and pencil on canvas | |
Portrait of Two Women | 1914 | Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock | 197.5 Ă 161.3 | ||
La Tour Eiffel | 1914 | 92 Ă 115 | |||
The Alarm Clock | 1914 | Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City | |||
Sailor at Breakfast | 1914 | 117 Ă 72 | |||
Young Man with a Fountain Pen | 1914 | 79.5 Ă 63.5 | |||
Portrait of Kawashima. And Foujita | 1914 | 78.5 Ă 74 | |||
Zapata-style Landscape | 1915 | Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico | 145 Ă 125 | ||
Seated Woman (Women with the Body of a Guitar) | 1915 | Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City | |||
Portrait de Martin Luis Guzman | 1915 | 72.3 Ă 59.3 | |||
Portrait of Ramon Gomez de la Serna | 1915 | ||||
El Rastro | 1915 | Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City, | 27.5 Ă 38.5 | ||
Portrait of Marevna | Art institute of Chicago | 145.7 Ă 112.7 | |||
Motherhood Angelina and the Child Diego | 1916 | Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City | 134.5 Ă 88.5 | ||
Urban Landscape | 1916 | Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City | |||
Still Life with Tulips | 1916 | 67.8 Ă 53.7 | |||
Still Life with Utensils | 1917 | Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City, | 71 Ă 54 | ||
La Jarra de Cerveza (The Beer Pitcher) | 1917 | Foro ValparaĂso, Mexico City, MĂ©xico | 27 Ă 22 | oil on canvas |
Realism (1917â1918)â»
Social Realism (1921â1957)â»
Image | Title (English) | Year | Location | Dimensions (cm) | Medium |
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Creation | 1922â1923 | San Ildefonso College, Mexico City, | Fresco, Gold leaf | ||
Bather of Tehuantepec | 1923 | 63 Ă 52 | Oil on Canvas | ||
Entry into the Mine | 1923 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | 474 Ă 366 | Fresco | |
Exit from the Mine | 1923 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | Fresco | ||
The Embrace | 1923 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | Fresco | ||
Tehuana Women | 1923 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | 476 Ă 214 | Fresco | |
The Liberation of The Peon | 1923 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | Fresco | ||
The New School | 1923 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | Fresco | ||
Good Friday on the Santa Anita Canal | 1923 | 456 Ă 356 | Fresco | ||
The Sugar Mill | 1923 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | 482 Ă 366 | Fresco | |
The Festival of The Distribution of The Land | 1923â1924 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | Fresco | ||
The Festival of The First of May | 1923â1924 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | Fresco | ||
The Market | 1923â1924 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | Fresco | ||
The Maize Festival | 1923â1924 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | 438 Ă 239 | Fresco | |
The Sacrificial Offering Day of the Dead | 1923â1924 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | 415 Ă 237 | Fresco | |
Alliance of the Peasant and the Industrial Worker | 1924 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | Fresco | ||
The Day of the Dead | 1924 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | Fresco | ||
Partition of the Land | 1924 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | Fresco | ||
Dia de Flores (Flower Festival) | 1925 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) | 147.3 Ă 120.7 | oil on canvas | |
The Exploiters | 1926 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | Fresco | ||
The Abundant Earth | 1926 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | Fresco | ||
Revelation of the Way | 1926 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | Fresco | ||
Triumph of the Revolution | 1926 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | Fresco | ||
The Organization of The Agrarian Movement | 1926 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | Fresco | ||
The Mechanization of The Country | 1926 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | Fresco | ||
The Land's Bounty Rightfully Possessed | 1926 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | Fresco | ||
Indian Boy and Indian Woman with Corn Stalks | 1926â27 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | |||
Subterranean Forces | 1926â27 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | |||
Maturation | 1926â27 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | |||
The Blood of the Revolutionary Martyrs Fertilizing the Earth | 1926â27 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | 244 Ă 491 | ||
The Liberated Earth with The Powers of Nature Controlled by Man | 1926â27 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | 692 Ă 598 | ||
The Perpetual Renewal of the Revolutionary Struggle | 1926â27 | Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico | 354 Ă 357 | ||
Cargadora With Dog | 1927 | Watercolour | |||
Death of the Capitalist | 1928 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | |||
Night of the Rich | 1928 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | |||
Our Bread | 1928 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | |||
The Learned | 1928 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | |||
The Painter, the Sculptor and the Architect | 1923â1928 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | |||
Wall Street Banquet | 1928 | Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City | |||
The Arsenal | 1928 | Courtyard of the "Fiestas," Secretariat of Public Education, Mexico City, Mexico | Fresco | ||
Entering the City | 1930 | Palace of Cortés, Cuernavaca, Mexico | Fresco | ||
My Godfather's Sons (Portrait of Modesto and Jesus Sanchez) | 1930 | Fomento Cultural Banamex, Mexico City | |||
Zapata's Horse | 1930 | ||||
Conquest and Revolution | 1930â31 | ||||
Still Life and Blossoming Almond Trees | 1930â31 | University of California, Berkeley, Stern Hall, Berkeley, California | 100 Ă 265 | Fresco | |
Allegory of California | 1930â31 | The City Club of San Francisco, Stock Exchange Tower, San Francisco, California | Fresco | ||
Zapata | 1930â31 | The History of Cuernavaca and Morelos | 214 Ă 89 | ||
The Making of a Fresco, Showing The Building of a City | 1931 | San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California | Fresco | ||
Frozen Assets | 1931 | Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City | 188.5 Ă 239 | ||
Blue Boy with the Banana | 1931 | Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California | 91.4 Ă 54.9 | oil on canvas | |
Edsel B. Ford | 1932 | Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan | 125.1 Ă 97.8 | ||
Detroit Industry, South Wall | 1932â1933 | Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan | Fresco | ||
Detroit Industry, North Wall | 1933 | Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan | Fresco | ||
Man at the Crossroads / Man, Controller of the Universe | 1933â34 | Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City | |||
The Ancient Indian World | 1929â35 | Palacio Nacional, Mexico City | |||
The World of Today and Tomorrow | 1929â35 | Palacio Nacional, Mexico City | |||
The History of Mexico: From Conquestââto the Future (main wall) | 1929â35 | Palacio Nacional, Mexico City | |||
The History of Mexico | 1929â35 | Palacio Nacional, Mexico City | |||
Delfina and Dimas | 1935 | 24 Ă 31 | tempera on masonite | ||
Cargador de Flores (Flower Carrier) | 1935 | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) | 121.9 Ă 121.3 | ||
The Pinole Seller | 1936 | Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City | 81.4 Ă 60.7 | ||
Indian Woman Spinning / Indigena Tejiendo | 1936 | Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona | 81.3 Ă 59.7 | ||
Carnival of Mexican Life. Dictatorship | 1936 | Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City | |||
Copalli | 1937 | Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York City, New York | 91.44 Ă 121.92 | ||
Portrait of Lupe Marin | 1938 | Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City | 171.3 Ă 122.3 | ||
Portrait of Dolores Del Rio | 1938 | ||||
The Lady in White | 1939 | ||||
Portrait of Madesta and Inesita | 1939 | 99 Ă 69 | |||
Dancer Resting | 1939 | Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City | 95 Ă 166 | ||
Los Vasos Comunicantes (The Communicating Cups) | 1939 | Foro ValparaĂso, Mexico City, MĂ©xico | 60 Ă 84,5 | linocut on paper | |
Pan American Unity | 1940 | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California (was previously located at City College of San Francisco, Diego Rivera Theater. But moved in 2020) | 670 Ă 2,260 | Fresco | |
The Hands of Dr. Moore | 1940 | San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California | 45.8 Ă 55.9 | ||
Portrait of Paulette Goddard | 1940â41 | ||||
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Irene Rich | 1941 | Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA), Northampton, Massachusetts | 61 Ă 43 | ||
The Flower Seller | 1941 | ||||
The Flower Vendor (Girl with Lilies) | 1941 | Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California | 121.9 Ă 121.9 | oil on masonite | |
El Vendedor de Alcatraces (Calla Lily Vendor) | 1942 | Foro ValparaĂso, Mexico City, MĂ©xico | |||
Portrait of Carlos Pellicer | 1942 | 55 Ă 43 | |||
Portrait of Natasha ZakĂłlkowa Gelman | 1943 | 115 Ă 153 | |||
Calla Lily Vendor | 1943 | The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of Mexican Art | 150 Ă 120 | oil on masonite | |
Nude with Calla Lilies | 1944 | 157 Ă 124 | |||
The Day of the Dead | 1944 | Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City | 91 Ă 73.5 | ||
The Milliner. Portrait of Henri de Chatillon | 1944 | ||||
Portrait of Adalgisa Nery | 1945 | ||||
Portrait of Cuca Bustamante | 1946 | Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, | 158 Ă 122.5 | ||
Portrait of Mrs Elisa Saldivar de Gutierrez Roldan | |||||
Portrait of Linda Christian | 1947 | ||||
The Temptations of Saint Anthony | 1947 | Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City, | 90 Ă 110 | ||
Portrait of an Actress | 1948 | ||||
Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park | 1948 | Museo Mural Diego Rivera, Mexico City | |||
Retrato de MarĂa FĂ©lix | |||||
Portrait of Evangelina Rivas de De la Chica, The lady from Oaxaca | 1949 | ||||
Portrait of Senora Dona Evangelina Rivas de LaChica | 1949 | ||||
Portrait of Ruth Rivera | 1949 | 199 Ă 100.5 | |||
Vendedora de Flores (The Flower Seller) | 1949 | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofĂa, Madrid, Spain | 180 Ă 150 | oil on canvas | |
Colonisation, 'The Great City of Tenochtitlan' | 1945â52 | Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, | 971 Ă 492 | ||
The Huastec Civilisation | 1950 | Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, | |||
The Papermakers | 1950 | Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, | |||
Totonac Civilization | 1950 | Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, | |||
Pre-Hispanic America | 1950 | ||||
Figure Symbolizing the African Race | 1951 | ||||
Figure Symbolizing the Asiatic Race | 1951 | ||||
The Hands of Nature Offering Water | 1951 | ||||
Portrait of the Young Girl Elenita Carrillo Flores | 1952 | 55 Ă 105 | |||
The Banana Leaf Loader | 1953 | 50 Ă 40 | |||
The History of Medicine in Mexico: The People's Demand for Better Health | 1953 | ||||
Portrait of Sra. Dona Elena Flores de Carrillo | 1953 | 140 Ă 221.5 | |||
The Painter's Studio | 1954 | 150 Ă 178 | |||
Evening Twilight at Acapulco | 1956 | 30 Ă 40 | |||
Portrait of Silvia Pinal | 1956 | ||||
The Hammock | 1956 | ||||
May Day Procession in Moscow | 1956 | 135.2 Ă 108.3 | |||
Lenin in 1922 | Unknown | ||||
Sugar Plantation, Tealtenango, Morelos and Indian Slaves in the Gold Mines | Unknown | ||||
The Architect, Jesus T. Acevedo | Unknown | Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City | |||
Portrait of Marevna | Unknown |
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Diego Rivera, Mexican painter". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ "Wikiart". Archived from the original on 2020-10-11.