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He made murals in the National Palace and the Palace of Fine Arts. -
José Vasconcelos, integrated it into a gigantic project of artistic and cultural revival of post-revolutionary Mexico known as "muralism" -
Diego Rivera founded and led the Union of Revolutionary Painters, Sculptors and Graphic Artists, a member of the Mexican Communist Party. -
He created in the United States the controversial mural “El hombre en la encrucijada”, which was destroyed by the presence of the figure of Lenin in the work -
He devoted himself to landscape painting and stood out for being a very controversial essayist. Since he published together with André Breton the “Manifeste pour ‘Art Révolutionnaire” -
He painted his painting “Desnudo con alcatraces” embodied his political and social ideals. -
He painted his work “Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central “is one of his most important and representative works -
He won the National Prize of Sciences and Arts of Mexico.