Frida Kahlo once described two major accidents defining her life: a bus crash that left her shattered and bedridden for a year...and marrying Diego Rivera. The love story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is fraught with drama of both the public and private variety.

Diego and I, 1949 by Frida Kahlo. In this painting, Diego and I, shows Frida's great anguish over Diego Rivera. When he had an affair with Maria Felix almost divorced Frida. Maria Felix was a beautiful film star and as well an intimate friend of Frida's.

Frida and Diego Rivera [1] (Frieda y Diego Rivera in Spanish) is a 1931 oil painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. This portrait was created two years after Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera married, and is widely considered a wedding portrait.

Dec 23, 2024 · Frida Kahlo’s marital life was deeply intertwined with that of her husband, Diego Rivera, a prominent Mexican muralist. The couple first met in 1922 when Rivera was commissioned to create a mural at Kahlo’s high school, where she harbored a crush on him.

Dec 4, 2017 · Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera painted each other for 25 years: those works give us an insight into their relationship, argues Kelly Grovier.

Feb 19, 2024 · Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera tied the knot in 1929, despite a significant age difference and Rivera’s established status as a prominent muralist. Their marriage was a fusion of deep emotional connection and artistic exchange, with each artist impacting the other’s work.

Feb 11, 2024 · The renowned Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera had an indelible impact on 20 th-century art. Rivera, a muralist 20 years Kahlo’s senior, married his young admirer in 1929, beginning a fruitful but unstable love relationship.

Feb 11, 2025 · One of the most well-known depictions of their relationship is Kahlo’s painting Frida and Diego Rivera (1931). In this portrait, Rivera appears as a towering figure, holding his painter’s palette, while Kahlo presents herself as a devoted yet independent wife.

Frida Kahlo didn’t succumb to the influence or immense presence of Diego Rivera, while he survived the iconic image of the lay saint who adopted Frida as one of his most emblematic images....

Jul 26, 2024 · Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera met in 1928 at a gathering of the Mexican Communist Party. Diego, a celebrated muralist, was freshly out of his marriage with Lupe Marin. Frida, 22 and determined, approached Diego as he painted a mural in the Ministry of Education.