Frida Kahlo contracted polio at the age of 6, then suffered a near-fatal bus crash at the age of 18 that left her with her lifetime of pain. She was able to transcend her pain and express it in her work.
Frida Kahlo contracted polio at the age of 6, then suffered a near-fatal bus crash at the age of 18 that left her with her lifetime of pain. She was able to transcend her pain and express it in her work.
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Frida Kahlo first met Diego Rivera when she was an art student hoping to get advice on her career from the famous Mexican muralist. Although Rivera was married, a courtship ensued. They wed in 1929 (he was 42, she was 22) much to the disapproval of Frida's parents, who referred to the couple as "the elephant and the dove." With volatile tempers and countless infidelities, the marriage was notoriously tumultuous. The couple divorced in 1939 only to remarry a year later, though the second marriage was just as turbulent as the first. Both have long been recognized as important painters who achieved great international popularity during their lifetimes.
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