Frida and Diego Rivera

This intriguing artwork is a portrait by iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo painted in 1931 featuring the artist and her husband, Diego Rivera, it was painted two years after the couple married.

Diego Rivera was also an artist so is seen with palette and paintbrushes in hand. The dove 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.”)

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón aka Frida Kahlo, was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits and self-portraits, her works were inspired by the nature and artefacts of Mexico and the country’s popular culture. Kahlo explored subjects such as identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society whilst mixing realism with fantasy.

This artwork is part of our extensive modern art collection which you can browse on our website here.

As with all our art on this website, this product is available in a variety of formats, the most popular being the stretched canvas print & framed prints, however, the product can also be bought as a rolled canvas (no support frame), paper print, wall decal (wall sticker) and floating frame (our most premium product combining a canvas print and a framed print).