Skip to content Letters of note written over a red rectangle Letters of Note .site-branding Menu + × expanded collapsed About Books Archive Live Letterheady Magnifying glass icon Toggle Search Search Subscribe #site-navigation #masthead Monday, 06 July 2020 .post-thumbnail It was when she joined the Mexican Communist Party in 1927 that Frida Kahlo first met Diego Rivera, a fellow artist 21 years Kahlo’s senior who soon became her mentor and husband. Kahlo’s life up until then had been a struggle due to polio as a child and a serious traffic accident as a young adult, the latter of which led to problems throughout her adult life, but she pulled through thanks to her love of art. As an adult she thrived, going on to become one of the world’s most admired painters, and Rivera was similarly celebrated. Their marriage was famously wild and unp...