Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera had a love story filled with erratic passion and a fire that could ignite a pool of water.  Meeting in the halls of the Public Ministry of Education Frida captured the attention of the already famous artist Diego Rivera with her talent and her riotous personality. The two were wed in 1929 against the protests of her mother and with the warning to Diego from her father “Frida is a clever girl, but she is un demonio oculto- a concealed devil!” While the difference in age was an ample 20 years the two bonded on an intellectual level that was unshakable; serving as each other’s most trusted confidants and most honest artistic critics.

For more on the artists and their intertwined lives: The Smithsonian