Nicaraguan-born Roberto de la Selva (1895–1957) was an artist who moved to Mexico City in 1921 as a protest against U.S. military occupation. He was an associate of

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

and the brother of poet

Salomón de la Selva Salomón de la Selva (March 20, 1893 – February 5, 1959) was a Nicaraguan poet and honorary member of the Mexican Academy of Language. Biography Salomón de la Selva was born on March 20, 1893, in León, Nicaragua, son of Salomón Selva Glenton ...

. His work may be seen in the

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. De la Selva studied art at Mexico City’s Academy of San Carlos and apprenticed as a wood craftsman in the town of

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. He worked in both bas relief

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and some painting.Id.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Selva, Roberto de la Artists from Mexico City Latin American artists of indigenous descent Mexican muralists Nicaraguan artists 20th-century Mexican painters Mexican male painters 20th-century Mexican male artists