The Rivals is a 1931 oil-on-canvas painting by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera (1886–1957). It was commissioned by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, the leading personage behind the inception of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Rivera created the work while on the ship SS Moro en route from Mexico to New York City.

And it became an important place for Diego Rivera while he was painting his Ministry of Education murals, one of the famous cycles that brought him great celebrity in the years before the MoMA show. Learn more about this exhibition

His enormous frescoes aided in the development of the mural movement in Mexican and worldwide art. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera produced murals in Mexico City, Chapingo, and Cuernavaca, as well as San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City in the United States.

The Rivals is a 1931 oil-on-canvas painting by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera (1886–1957). It was commissioned by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, the leading personage behind the inception of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Rivera created the work while on the ship SS Moro en route from Mexico to New York City.

The monumental oil painting, The Rivals, was completed in a makeshift studio aboard the Morro Castle—the ship that in November 1931 transported Rivera and Frida Kahlo to New York. Painted for Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, the work remained in her collection until the early 1940s when it was then given to her son David Rockefeller.

May 10, 2018 · The painting, titled “The Rivals,” sold for $9.76 million, overtaking a record set by the work of Rivera’s wife, Frida Kahlo. The sale was part of a three-day auction at Christie’s in New York,...

Jan 24, 2023 · DIEGO RIVERA (1886-1957) The Rivals signed and dated 'Diego Rivera 1931' (lower right) oil on canvas 60 x 50 in. (152.4 x 127 cm.) Painted in 1931, Image Source: Christie's "The scene, inspired by "la fiesta de Las Velas", depicts an annual tradition indigenous to the Isthmus region of Oaxaca for which women wear embroidered…

The monumental oil painting titled, The Rivals, was completed in a makeshift studio aboard the Morro Castle—the ship that in November 1931 transported Rivera and Frida Kahlo to New York.

Although best-known for his murals, Rivera also made a number of easel paintings, watercolours and drawings. In May 2018, his painting The Rivals realised $9,762,500 in The Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller sale, setting a world record price at auction for not just Rivera but any Latin American artist.

The Rivals is a 1931 oil-on-canvas painting by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera 18861957. It was commissioned by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller the leading