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Frieda and Diego Rivera - Wikipedia

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Frieda and Diego Rivera
Spanish: Frida y Diego Rivera

Artist	Frida Kahlo
Year	1931
Medium	Oil on canvas
Movement	Naïve art Surrealism
Dimensions	100.01 cm × 78.74 cm (39.37 in × 31.00 in)
Location	San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

Frieda and Diego Rivera^[1] (Frieda y Diego Rivera in Spanish) is a 1931 oil painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. This portrait was created two years after Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera married, and is widely considered a wedding portrait.^[2]

The painting shows Kahlo standing next to her husband and fellow artist, Rivera. Rivera, portrayed as a painter, holds a palette and four brushes in his right hand while Kahlo tilts her head towards him. Both are looking out toward the viewer, unsmiling. Kahlo holds her bright red shawl with her left hand. Rivera and Kahlo hold hands in the center of the portrait. Rivera is physically much larger than Kahlo. The pigeon or dove at the upper right carries a banner that reads: "Aquí nos veis, a mí, Frida Kahlo, junto con mi amado esposo Diego Rivera. Pinté estos retratos en la bella ciudad de San Francisco, California, para nuestro amigo Mr. Albert Bender y fue en el mes de abril del año 1931" ("Here you see us, me Frieda Kahlo, with my dearest husband Diego Rivera. I painted these pictures in the delightful city of San Francisco California for our companion Mr. Albert Bender, and it was in the month of April of the year 1931.”) The work had been commissioned by Albert M. Bender, an art collector and supporter of Rivera.

There are many interpretations of the work. Hayden Herrera, author of Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (1983), interprets the work simply as Kahlo depicting herself as the wife of the great artist, Rivera.^[3] Other authors, such as Margaret Lindauer, investigate the larger context in which the work was created.^[4] The banner is supportive of Lindauer's interpretation because it places Kahlo in the producer/professional artist role.^{[citation needed]}

In 1936 Bender gave the painting to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in San Francisco, California, where it forms part of the permanent collection and is generally on public display.

References

^ Artwork page at SFMoMa
^ Frieda y Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo Fans
^ Herrera, Hayden. (1972). Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo. New York, NY.: Perennial / HarperCollins. ISBN 0060911271.
^ Lindauer, Margaret A. (1999). Devouring Frida: The Art History and Popular Celebrity of Frida Kahlo. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press. pp. 13–20. ISBN 0819563471.

v t e Frida Kahlo
Paintings	Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress (1926) Frieda and Diego Rivera (1931) Henry Ford Hospital (1932) My Dress Hangs There (1933) Memory, the Heart (1937) Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky (1937) The Frame (1938) Self-Portrait with Monkey (1938) The Suicide of Dorothy Hale (1938) What the Water Gave Me (1938) The Two Fridas (1939) Two Nudes in a Forest (1939) Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940) The Wounded Table (1940) The Broken Column (1944) The Wounded Deer (1946) Self Portrait with Loose Hair (1947) Diego and I (1949) The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Myself, Diego, and Señor Xolotl (1949)
Works about Kahlo	Frida Still Life (1983 film) Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (1983) Frida (1991 opera) Diego et Frida (1993 biography) Frida (2002 film) Broken Wings (2016 ballet) Frida (2024 film)
Other depictions	The History of Mexico (1935 mural) Pan American Unity (1940 mural) Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central (1947 mural) Cradle Will Rock (1999 film) Coco (2017 animated film)
Related	Frida Kahlo Home and Museum Diego Rivera (husband) Cristina Kahlo (sister) Guillermo Kahlo (father) Museo Dolores Olmedo

v t e Diego Rivera
List of works
Murals	History of Morelos, Conquest and Revolution (1929–1930) The History of Mexico (1929–1935) Pan American Unity (1940) Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central (1946–1947)
Frescoes	Detroit Industry Murals (1932–1933) Man at the Crossroads (1933, 1934)
Other paintings	The Rivals (1931) Zapata (1932) Glorious Victory (1954)
Museums	Anahuacalli Museum Frida Kahlo Museum Museo Dolores Olmedo Museo Mural Diego Rivera Pinacoteca Diego Rivera
Cultural depictions	Frieda and Diego Rivera (1931 painting) The Two Fridas (1939 painting) Diego and I (1949 painting) The Love Embrace (1949 painting) Frida Still Life (1983 film) Frida (1991 opera) Diego et Frida (1993 book) Cradle Will Rock (1999 film) Frida (2002 film) Broken Wings (2016 ballet) Frida (2024 film)
Related	Angelina Beloff (1st wife) Guadalupe Marín (2nd wife) Frida Kahlo (3rd wife) Marie Vorobieff (conjugal partner) Marika Rivera (daughter) Ruth Rivera Marín (daughter) Cristina Kahlo (model and sister-in-law) Tina Modotti (model) Diego Rivera Gallery

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