Artists Registry

Diego Rosales

Painter and muralist born on April 20, 1927 in San Pablo Tepetlapa, Coyoacan, Mexico D.F. In 1945, at the age of 18, he draws Diego Riveras attention by showing him a few of his own drawings. Rivera, pleased by what he saw, personally recommends in writing that Rosales attend the national school of paint and sculpture “La Esmeralda” In 1947, while still studying, he was chosen among the best students to become a member of Diego Riveras team. By 1950 Diego Rosales is found collaborating in Riveras mural
“ Disembarkment in Veracruz” located in the first floor of the national palace of Mexico. At the same time he is named chief of the technicall
team at the National Institute of Bellas Artes (INBA). In 1951 he goes on to further work with Diego Rivera on his Mural “Water, Origin of Life on Earth” located at Carcamo del Rio Lerma, Bosque de Chapultepec. Rivera chooses to incorporate the figure of Diego Rosales in the section of horticulture of this massive and elaborate mural, as a man carrying a shovel. In 1952, at the
age of 25, Rosales would again be chosen to work with Rivera in his then controversial “ Pesadilla de Guerra, Sueno de Paz” temple on canvas. Besides being credited with various restoration projects of murals by Jose Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera, Rosales has created a few of his own. In 1960 he
completed a 110 square meter mural called “ La conquista y el Tormento a Cuauhtemoc” located in the Civil Registry building in downtown Coyoacan. Also in 1987 he finished an impressive mural in the House of Culture “Jesus Reyes Heroles” a government building from the 19th century also located in
Coyoacan. In 1991 he finished and presented a mural in homage to the president of Mexico, Lazaro Cardenaz (1934-1940) and the legendary engineer Eduardo Chavez for their very important collaboration by creating the infrastructure to make Mexico today a rich country in the agriculture sector. Throughout the last 60 years Diego Rosales has not only produced countless paintings owned by art collectors all over the world but has
pursued his other passion by putting together a priceless collection of over twenty thousand pieces of pre-Hispanic artifacts. This collection has been recognized by presidents of Mexico and is said to be second to none, comparing it to the collection housed in the National Anthropology Museum in
Mexico City. Maestro Rosales inaugurated his latest mural of 400 square feet at the Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, in Miami Florida on May 5 2010.