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On December 8, 1886 a Mexican painter and muralist was born. His name was Diego Rivera. He was born in Guanajuato City, Guanaguato. Before leaving Mexico for Europe in 1907, Rivera studied painting in Mexico. After being in Europe for a few years Rivera took up a new kind of art called cubism. He was very popular in Paris. But soon after he returned to Mexico. That was where he took on the responsiblity of government-sponsered paintings and murals. In 1929 Rivera married a fellow artist named Frida Kahlo. Their marriage was more famous than their art. Infact she was 20 years younger. Ten years of their marriage came and gone, then they divorced in 1939. After that Kahlo died in 1954. He married Emma Hurtado after Kahlos death. Diego Rivera died at the age on 70 on November 24, 1957, in Mexico City, Mexico. Ever since the age of 10, Diego was interested in art and paintings. He went to school at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City to study art. From there he got sponsered to paint in Europe in 1907. He decided to leave France in 1920 to move to Italy to study its art. In 1921 Rivera moved back to Mexico to become more involved in politics. But he later fell in love with Frido Kahlo, and soon married her in August of 1929. But before that, he had taken a visit back home to hold an art exibition. As he got older people started saying stuff like he was outdated and he would do anything to make a good comeback. Later in the year of 1954 he did make a comeback and finally was re-accepted by the communists. That same year his health took a turn for the downfall. He had went back to Russia in 1954 to seek medical help. Earlier in his life he was considered to be the one of the greatest Mexican artists of the twentieth century. Back in 1932 he had went to Detroit. There he had painted a mural for Henry Ford. He also went to the Detroit Institute of Arts as a worker. Back to his