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1. Previous knowledge. Before you read the biography answer the questions.
a) Who was Diego Rivera? _________________________________________
b) Where was he born? ____________________________________________
c) When was he born? _____________________________________________
d) Why was he famous? ___________________________________________
e) When did he die? _______________________________________________
2. Read the text.
Diego Rivera
(1886 – 1957)
Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato on
December 8
th
, 1886. When he was a child he
liked to draw pictures. He began to study art
at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City
when he was ten years old. Later he went to
Europe and when he returned to Mexico he
had many revolutionary ideas. He painted the
famous murals in the National Palace and
other many works of art. Diego had three
wives, the last one was Frida Kahlo. He died
of cancer on November 25
th
, 1957. We
remember him as one of Mexico’s greatest
muralists.
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