Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s love was not just famous but also known for its tumultuous twists and infidelities. And yet, their love was surreal.
They were married twice and despite all the troubles “the elephant and the dove” as Frida’s parents would call them, their love, just like their paintings was controversial and beautiful.
Frida wrote:
No one will ever know how much I love Diego. I don’t want anything to hurt him, nothing to bother him and rob him of the energy he needs for to live; for living as he likes, for painting, seeing, loving, eating, sleeping, being by himself, being with someone. But I’d never want him to be sad. If I had good health I’d give him all of it. If I had youth, he could take it all. all the youth could take, I’m not only the mother, I’m the embryo, the germ, the first cell potentially that engendered him. I am him from the oldest and most primitive cells, which will in time become into him. At every moment, he’s my child, my child born every little while, every day from my own self.