Diego Rivera"s energy, physique, love for women, and work were all "bigger than life." Born in a small Mexican mining town in 1886,he drew his way through childhood, entered art school at ageten, and later traveled throughout Europe, studying the great masters andimitating their techniques. When he returned to Mexico in 1921, he foundhis own unique style. He began painting the poetry of the common people --working, suffering, fighting, seeking joy, living, and dying -- on thewalls of public buildings. His murals were passionate, controversial, political,and enormous -- like the painter himself.