Art historians Aguilar-Moreno (California State U., Los Angeles) and Cabrera present students and general readers with an introduction to the life of Mexican painter and muralist, Diego Rivera (1886-1957). A detailed timeline of events in Rivera's life is followed by the account of his life, presented in seven chronological periods: childhood and artistic formation; the 14-year period spent living, painting, and exhibiting his art in Europe; Rivera's return to Mexico in 1921, his first mural paintings, and marriage to fellow painter, Frieda Kahlo; early 1930s in the US, producing several commissioned murals; return to Mexico in 1934, where he faced personal and professional challenges, including divorce from Kahlo; Rivera's Mexican murals during the 1940s; and the artist's final years. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)