frida
...BED. IT WAS AT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN MEXICO CITY THAT FRIDA MET THE MEXICAN MURALIST DIEGO RIVERA AND ON AUGUST 21, 1929. THEIR UNION WAS DESCRIBED BY HER PARENTS AS ONE OF AN ELEPHANT AND A DOVE. DIEGO WAS FAT, UGLY AND SEVERAL YEARS OLDER THAN FRIDA. THEY WERE MARRIED. THIS MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A COMPLEX RELATIIONSHIP DEFINED BY MUTUAL ADMIRATION, PAINFUL SEPARATIONS, AND RECONCILIATIONS. FRIDA OFTEN DESCRIBED DIEGO AS THE SECOND ACCIDENT IN HER LIFE. KAHLO’S ART WAS ALSO ENHANCED BY THEIR TERRIBLE RELATIONSHIP. HE FREQUENTLY HAD AFFIARS WITH OTHER WOMEN INCLUDING FRIDA’S SISTER CHRISTINA. OF COURSE THIS CAUSED FRIDA GREAT PAIN AND IN TURN SHE HAD HER OWN AFFAIRS WITH BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. ALONG WITH THE AFFAIRS AND THE MISCARRIAGES FRIDA BECAME HORRIBLY DEPRESSED. SHE PURGED HER EMOTIONS ON CANVAS. SINCE FRIDA COULD NOT BEAR CHILDREN SHE FOCUSED HER ATTENTION ON HER MANY PETS SUCH AS DOGS, CATS, MONKEYS AND BIRDS. FRIDA LONGED TO BE PART OF THE FLOW OF THE UNIVERSE AND THIS IS EVIDENT IN HER PAINTING ROOTS WHICH SHOWS HER DESIRE FOR FERTILITY AND THE LIFE CYCLE. HER BEST KNOWN PAINTING THE TWO FRIDAS WAS PAINTED AROUND THE TIME HER AND DIEGO DIVORCED. ONE FRIDA IS THE LOVED FRIDA DARKED SKIN AND WEARING A MEXICAN DRESS AND HOLDING A PICTURE OF DIEGO SHE IS HOLDING AHNDS WITH THE OTHER FRIDA WHO IS PALER AND IN A EUROPEAN DRESS AND WHO HAS ABROKEN EPOSED HEART. VIRTUALLY ALL OF HER WORKS REVEAL THE ANGISH OF HER LIFE. ALTHOUGH SAD INSIDE, FRIDA ALSO HAD A SEDUCTIVE EFFECT ON MANY PEOPLE AND ALSO HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR. SHE WAS FOND OF TEELING DIRTY J...