How Old Was Diego Rivera

. The artist had included Lenin in this mural to portray the chaotic political situation at the time. The Rockefellers disliked Rivera's addition of Lenin and they asked Rivera to remove the portrait, but the painter refused. The Rockefellers then had Rivera stop working on the mural. Soon after in 1934, Nelson Rockefeller ordered the demolition of "Man at the Crossroads." This demolition caused a lot of backlash from the media regarding the expression through art to which the Rockefellers responded that the mural offended them. During the late 1930s Rivera did not accomplish much of anything in terms of art. Then in 1939, 10 years after they got married, Rivera and Kahlo decided to divorce. Only to get remarried one year afterwards. After a few years, in 1954, Rivera’s wife Frida Kahlo passed
One year after she passed away, Rivera married Emma Hurtado, his art dealer. These were not his only two marriages. In fact, Rivera had four marriages and several children in and out of wedlock and was known for his infidelity. However, by this point in time, Rivera's health was worsening. He had traveled abroad for cancer treatment, but doctors were unable to cure him. Rivera died of heart failure on November 24, 1957, in Mexico City, Mexico. Diego Rivera is remembered as an important figure in 20th century art. His childhood home is now a museum in Mexico. Rivera’s work is important because it came at a time when revolutions were springing everywhere. Rivera made it obvious that he was an atheist and a supporter of Marxism and used painting as an outlet to express these beliefs. Rivera’s perspective on the role of an artist to their community was crucial to governmental initiatives such as Franklin Roosevelt's Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, whose artists depicted scenes from American life on public buildings. Rivera’s work inspired artists such as Ben Shahn, Thomas Hart Benton, and Jackson