"There were two great incidents in my life. The first was a tram, the second was a meeting with Diego. Diego was the worst, " such a recognition once left in her diary, the famous Mexican artist Frida Calo. She wrote about her companion, her husband, the main love of her life and the man who repeatedly broke her heart. The romantic and sad story of two bright, talented personalities - Frida and Diego - still delights and horrifies fans of their work with the interweaving of drama, dedication, betrayal, forgiveness and the desire to be together against the odds.
Fatal accident
Frida Kahlo did not live a very long life, which ended at 47 years old. And from an early age, her life path was accompanied by suffering, struggle, overcoming. At the age of 6, she suffered polio, which left severe consequences in the form of limp and a mutilated right leg, which is why the artist always wore only long skirts. But at the age of 18, fate prepared the girl for a much more serious blow. The bus Frida rode collided with a tram.
Terrible injuries, including several fractures of the spine, pelvic bones, right leg and other limbs, confined her to a hospital bed for a whole year. However, the consequences of this accident Kalo had to face the rest of his life. She underwent many operations, and the resulting damage to the genital organs forever deprived her of the opportunity to become a mother.
During the recovery from the accident, Frida, in order to somehow escape, asked her relatives for brushes and paints. Her first artwork was her own portrait, and subsequently this genre always remained predominant in the work of an eccentric Mexican. Kahlo really was an extremely unusual woman: bright, liberated, impetuous. She smoked, drank alcohol, cursed and was not shy about her bisexuality. Of course, not every man could correspond to such an outstanding personality.
Elephant and dove
Frida first met the artist Diego Rivera in 1922 at the National Preparatory School, where she entered to study medicine. At the same time, within the walls of the educational institution, her future husband worked on the fresco "Creation of the World", which was the first significant project in his work. It was difficult to call Diego handsome: tall, heavy, clumsy. From the side, he resembled an elephant or cannibal. In addition, next to the young girl, the artist seemed an old man, because their age difference was 20 years.
However, intelligence, talent and charm provided Rivera with extraordinary success with women. By the time he met Frida, he managed to get married three times. Then at school, a young girl only watched the work of an experienced master, and he told her entertaining stories from his own life. In 1928, the paths of Diego and Frida crossed again. After leaving the hospital after the accident, Kahlo herself spotted the artist and showed him several of her works, asking them to evaluate them with a professional look. Rivera liked her paintings. He even agreed to visit Frida on a visit to see her other creations. Soon a romantic relationship began between them, and in 1929 the lovers got married at a civil ceremony in Mexico City. Following her husband, Kalo joined the Communist Party and actively promoted her political convictions to the masses.
In the early 1930s, Rivera received an order to create a mural for the Rockefeller Center in New York. His young wife followed him. During her stay in the United States, Frida underwent two unsuccessful pregnancies. After the second miscarriage, she threw out her pain with the help of the famous painting “Henry Ford Hospital”.
