F rida Kahlo & Diego Rivera
artists The tempestuous relationship of two renowned
Amarriage to fellow painter rtist Frida Kahlo had an extremely tempestuous parties conducting numerous Diego Rivera. They married twice with both fights. However, it is clear affairs, which led to jealous and impassioned she was hopelessly in love and from Frida’s letters, drafted in her diary, that deeply affected by their relationship: “Diego, nothing like Nothing compares to your hands, body is filled the green-gold of your eyes. My are the mirror with you for days and days. You lightning. of the night. The violent flash of of your The dampness of earth. The hollow armpits is my shelter.” which invoked the many personal Her words are just as expressive as her self-portraits, health and her heated relationship with tragedies of her life, namely her life-long poor one another until Frida’s painful death at the Rivera. They were unable to stay away from most tragic day of my life.” age of 47 — a day that Rivera described as “the
“It is clear from F rida’s letters, drafted in her diary, that she was hopelessly in love”