Ri ‧ ve ‧ ra, Di ‧ e ‧ go /rɪˈve ə rə, diˈeɪɡəʊ/ BrE AmE
(1886–1957) a Mexican artist and painter of ↑ mural s , who also painted in the United States. He was known for his ↑ left-wing politics, and in 1933 one of his murals was removed from the Rockefeller Center in New York because it had a picture of Lenin in it. He was married for a time to Frida Kahlo.