List of works by Diego Rivera explained

This is a list of works by Diego Rivera (8 December 1886, Guanajuato – 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 the social realism years between 1921 until his death in 1957.

Rivera is also known for his marriage to Frida Kahlo (6 July 1907, Mexico City – 13 July 1954, Mexico City), also a celebrated Mexican painter.[1]

Paintings by Rivera

Formative Years (1886–1912)

ImageTitle (English)[2] YearLocationDimensions (cm)Medium
Classical Head189848.5 × 39.2
The Threshing Floor1904Museo Casa Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, Mexico100 × 114.6
Head Of A Goat1905Rafael Coronel Collection, Cuernavaca, Mexico9.5 × 12.5
Night Scene in Avila1907Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City
Self-Portrait1907Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City
Avila Morning (The Ambles Valley)1908Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City97 × 123
Street in Ávila (Ávila Landscape)1908Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City129 × 141
House over the Bridge1909Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City147 × 120
Notre Dame de Paris1909113 × 144
Portrait of Angelina Beloff1909
El Picador1909Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City177 × 113
Breton Girl1910Museo Casa Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, Mexico80 × 100
Head Of A Breton Woman1910Museo Casa Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, Mexico141 × 129
After the Storm (The Grounded Ship)1910Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City120.7 × 146.7
Landscape 1911

Pre-Cubism (1912–1913)

ImageTitle (English)YearLocationDimensions (cm)Medium
View Of Toledo191291 × 112
Landscape at Toledo1913Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Veracruz, Mexico46 × 32
Portrait Of Oscar Miestchaninoff1913Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico120 × 147
Portrait Of The Adolfo Best Maugard1913Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico161.5 × 227.5
The Sun Breaking through the Mist1913Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City,83.5 × 59
The Adoration Of The Virgin1913
Still Life1913Hermitage, St. Petersburg84 × 65Tempera on canvas

Cubism (1913–1920)

ImageTitle (English)YearLocationDimensions (cm)Medium
Woman At a Well1913Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City
Chimenea (Chimney)1913Foro Valparaíso, Mexico City, México73 × 59.4oil and pencil on canvas
Portrait of Two Women1914Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock197.5 × 161.3
La Tour Eiffel191492 × 115
The Alarm Clock1914Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City
Sailor at Breakfast1914117 × 72
Young Man with a Fountain Pen191479.5 × 63.5
Portrait of Kawashima and Foujita191478.5 × 74
Zapata-style Landscape1915Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico145 × 125
Seated Woman (Women with the Body of a Guitar)1915Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City
Portrait de Martin Luis Guzman191572.3 × 59.3
Portrait of Ramon Gomez de la Serna1915
El Rastro1915Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City,27.5 × 38.5
Portrait of MarevnaArt institute of Chicago145.7 × 112.7
Motherhood Angelina and the Child Diego1916Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City134.5 × 88.5
Urban Landscape1916Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City
Still Life with Tulips191667.8 × 53.7
Still Life with Utensils1917Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City,71 × 54
La Jarra de Cerveza (The Beer Pitcher)1917Foro Valparaíso, Mexico City, México27 × 22oil on canvas

Realism (1917–1918)

ImageTitle (English)YearLocationDimensions (cm)Medium
Knife and Fruit in Front of the Window1917Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City,91.8 × 92.4
Still Life with Ricer also known as Still Life with Garlic Press1918
The Outskirts Of Paris1918
The Mathematician1918Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City,

Social Realism (1921–1957)

ImageTitle (English)YearLocationDimensions (cm)Medium
Creation1922–1923San Ildefonso College, Mexico City,Fresco, Gold leaf
Bather of Tehuantepec192363 × 52Oil on Canvas
Entry into the Mine1923Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City474 × 366Fresco
Exit from the Mine1923Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico CityFresco
The Embrace1923Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico CityFresco
Tehuana Women1923Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City476 × 214Fresco
The Liberation of The Peon1923Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico CityFresco
The New School1923Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico CityFresco
Good Friday on the Santa Anita Canal1923456 × 356Fresco
The Sugar Mill1923Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City482 × 366Fresco
The Festival of The Distribution of The Land1923–1924Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico CityFresco
The Festival of The First of May1923–1924Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico CityFresco
The Market1923–1924Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico CityFresco
The Maize Festival1923–1924Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City438 × 239Fresco
The Sacrificial Offering Day of the Dead1923–1924Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City415 × 237Fresco
Alliance of the Peasant and the Industrial Worker1924Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, MexicoFresco
The Day of the Dead1924Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico CityFresco
Partition of the Land1924Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, MexicoFresco
Dia de Flores (Flower Festival)1925Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)147.3 × 120.7oil on canvas
The Exploiters1926Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, MexicoFresco
The Abundant Earth1926Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, MexicoFresco
Revelation of the Way1926Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, MexicoFresco
Triumph of the Revolution1926Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, MexicoFresco
The Organization of The Agrarian Movement1926Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, MexicoFresco
The Mechanization of The Country1926Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico CityFresco
The Land's Bounty Rightfully Possessed1926Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, MexicoFresco
Indian Boy and Indian Woman with Corn Stalks1926–27Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico
Subterranean Forces1926–27Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico
Maturation1926–27Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico
The Blood of the Revolutionary Martyrs Fertilizing the Earth1926–27Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico244 × 491
The Liberated Earth with The Powers of Nature Controlled by Man1926–27Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico692 × 598
The Perpetual Renewal of the Revolutionary Struggle1926–27Chapingo Autonomous University, Texcoco, Mexico354 × 357
Cargadora With Dog1927Watercolour
Death of the Capitalist1928Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City
Night of the Rich1928Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City
Our Bread1928Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City
The Learned1928Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City
The Painter, the Sculptor and the Architect1923–1928Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City
Wall Street Banquet1928Secretariat of Public Education Main Headquarters, Mexico City
The Arsenal1928Courtyard of the Fiestas, Secretariat of Public Education, Mexico City, MexicoFresco
Entering the City1930Palace of Cortés, Cuernavaca, MexicoFresco
My Godfather's Sons (Portrait of Modesto and Jesus Sanchez)1930Fomento Cultural Banamex, Mexico City
Zapata's Horse1930
Conquest and Revolution1930–31
Still Life and Blossoming Almond Trees1930–31University of California, Berkeley, Stern Hall, Berkeley, California100 × 265Fresco
Allegory of California1930–31The City Club of San Francisco, Stock Exchange Tower, San Francisco, CaliforniaFresco
Zapata1930–31The History of Cuernavaca and Morelos214 × 89
The Making of a Fresco, Showing The Building of a City1931San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CaliforniaFresco
Frozen Assets1931Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City188.5 × 239
Blue Boy with the Banana1931Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California91.4 × 54.9oil on canvas
Edsel B. Ford1932Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan125.1 × 97.8
Detroit Industry, South Wall1932–1933Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MichiganFresco
Detroit Industry, North Wall1933Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MichiganFresco
Man at the Crossroads / Man, Controller of the Universe1933–34Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
The Ancient Indian World1929–35Palacio Nacional, Mexico City
The World of Today and Tomorrow1929–35Palacio Nacional, Mexico City
The History of Mexico

From Conquest to the Future (main wall)

1929–35Palacio Nacional, Mexico City
The History of Mexico1929–35Palacio Nacional, Mexico City
Delfina and Dimas193524 × 31tempera on masonite
Cargador de Flores (Flower Carrier)1935San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)121.9 × 121.3
The Pinole Seller1936Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City81.4 × 60.7
Indian Woman Spinning / Indigena Tejiendo1936Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona81.3 × 59.7
Carnival of Mexican Life. Dictatorship1936Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Copalli1937Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York City, New York91.44 × 121.92
Portrait of Lupe Marin1938Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City171.3 × 122.3
Portrait of Dolores Del Rio1938
The Lady in White1939
Portrait of Madesta and Inesita193999 × 69
Dancer Resting1939Dolores Olmedo Collection, Mexico City95 × 166
Los Vasos Comunicantes (The Communicating Cups)1939Foro Valparaíso, Mexico City, México60 × 84,5linocut on paper
Pan American Unity1940San 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 × 2,260Fresco
The Hands of Dr. Moore1940San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California45.8 × 55.9
Portrait of Paulette Goddard1940–41
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Irene Rich1941Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA), Northampton, Massachusetts61 × 43
The Flower Seller1941
The Flower Vendor (Girl with Lilies)1941Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California121.9 × 121.9oil on masonite
El Vendedor de Alcatraces (Calla Lily Vendor)1942Foro Valparaíso, Mexico City, México
Portrait of Carlos Pellicer194255 × 43
Portrait of Natasha Zakólkowa Gelman1943115 × 153
Calla Lily Vendor1943The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of Mexican Art150 × 120oil on masonite
Nude with Calla Lilies1944157 × 124
The Day of the Dead1944Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City91 × 73.5
The Milliner. Portrait of Henri de Chatillon1944
Portrait of Adalgisa Nery1945
Portrait of Cuca Bustamante1946Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City,158 × 122.5
Portrait of Mrs Elisa Saldivar de Gutierrez Roldan
Portrait of Linda Christian1947
The Temptations of Saint Anthony1947Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City,90 × 110
Portrait of an Actress1948
Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park1948Museo Mural Diego Rivera, Mexico City
Retrato de María Félix
Portrait of Evangelina Rivas de De la Chica, The lady from Oaxaca1949
Portrait of Senora Dona Evangelina Rivas de LaChica1949
Portrait of Ruth Rivera1949199 × 100.5
Vendedora de Flores (The Flower Seller)1949Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain180 × 150oil on canvas
Colonisation, 'The Great City of Tenochtitlan'1945–52Palacio Nacional, Mexico City,971 × 492
The Huastec Civilisation1950Palacio Nacional, Mexico City,
The Papermakers1950Palacio Nacional, Mexico City,
Totonac Civilization1950Palacio Nacional, Mexico City,
Pre-Hispanic America1950
Figure Symbolizing the African Race1951
Figure Symbolizing the Asiatic Race1951
The Hands of Nature Offering Water1951
Portrait of the Young Girl Elenita Carrillo Flores195255 × 105
The Banana Leaf Loader195350 × 40
The History of Medicine in Mexico: The People's Demand for Better Health1953
Portrait of Sra. Dona Elena Flores de Carrillo1953140 × 221.5
The Painter's Studio1954150 × 178
Evening Twilight at Acapulco195630 × 40
Portrait of Silvia Pinal1956
The Hammock1956
May Day Procession in Moscow1956135.2 × 108.3
Lenin in 1922Unknown
Sugar Plantation, Tealtenango, Morelos and Indian Slaves in the Gold MinesUnknown
The Architect, Jesus T. AcevedoUnknownMuseo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Portrait of MarevnaUnknown

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diego Rivera, Mexican painter. 2021-01-26. Encyclopedia Britannica. en.
  2. Web site: Wikiart. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201011024617/https://www.wikiart.org/en/diego-rivera/all-works. 2020-10-11.

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