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Diego Rivera paintings have been very popular because he was such a well rounded painter, studying Renoir in Paris, Renaissance work in Italy and traveled extensively throughout Spain and other parts of Europe to work with other artists and learn the different types of art forms. As a result, the Cubism and other aspects of Diego Rivera paintings are found in some of the most impressive art galleries around the world.

Diego Rivera was born in 1886 and was able to turn his passion for art into a living, allowing him to leave Mexico and travel the world. He spent a lot of time in Paris and had many of his pieces entered into galleries and shows. Some of the Diego Rivera famous paintings have been captured by museums where art lovers can still see some of his pieces.

The Diego Rivera famous paintings have also come to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where his murals hang proudly for all to see. Some of the Diego Rivera paintings reflect tragedy while others depict scenes, self portraits and much more. Anyone who sees one of the Diego Rivera famous paintings can usually identify that it was done by Diego Rivera immediately, just as one can identify Starry Night as a Van Gogh.

Some of the most famous Diego Rivera famous paintings are murals that hang all over the world. The City College of San Francisco, La Raza Hospital in Mexico City and other places have been able to proudly display his work because of the symbolic meaning that has been painted with care into each of the scenes.

The titles of the famous Diego Rivera famous paintings are easily identifiable to what he was thinking and what the painting portrays. Such titles as “The History of Medicine in Mexico: The People demand better health,” “Dividing the Land” and “Water, Origin of Life” are some of the more famous Diego Rivera famous paintings, though there are countless others that are scattered around the globe, in personal collections and throughout the different art museums.

The Diego Rivera paintings were always telling a story and sometimes those stories were controversial. In 1948, there was the Hotel de Prado mural where he included a slogan “God does not exist.” For nine years, the mural was kept out of view of the public because of the controversy that it caused.

Once of the other Diego Rivera famous paintings were “The nightmare of War and the Dream of Peace” which Stalin and Mao Tsetung appear. The director of the INBA refused to show the world and it was actually removed from the gallery.

Despite the controversy that sometimes stemmed from the Diego Rivera paintings, his work made an impact in the art world because it was unique. Due to his training and skill, he was able to take different aspects of art from the different eras and the different masters and work them into a type of painting that was completely unique to him. As a result, anyone who understands and knows art can identify Diego Rivera paintings without actually looking at the signature in the corner of the painting.

Even today, the Diego Rivera famous paintings can be found online and throughout different galleries around the world. His paintings will always be remembered because of just how impressive each was within their own right.

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