How much was Rivera paid for his work on Rockefeller Center ?
In 1932 , the Mexican socialist artist Diego Rivera ( whose sponsor was the Museum of Modern Art and whose patron at the time was Abby Aldrich Rockefeller , the wife of John D. Rockefeller , Jr. ) , was commissioned by their son Nelson Rockefeller to create a color fresco for the wall in the lobby of the then - RCA Building .