Love Affair With A Painting?

This pen & ink drawing by Picasso called "Tete de Femme" (Head of a Woman) was stolen by a NJ man from an art gallery in San Francisco, later recovered and the man arrested. The gallery owner  said the painting was no longer for sale because he had developed "a love affair with the piece".
   I started to wonder if there were any other love affairs over art and came across this reference from Wikipedia:

An Affair to Remember is a 1957 film starring Cary Grant "Nickie" and Deborah Kerr "Terry", and directed by Leo McCarey. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The film is considered one of the most romantic of all time, according to the American Film Institute.

More of their love story

Here's a quick plot summary: After meeting on a cruise ship and engaged to other people, they agree to meet in New York City six months later at the top of the Empire State Building, if their love for each other is still strong.

The day of their rendezvous, Terry, in her haste to reach the Empire State Building, is struck down by a car while crossing a street. Gravely injured, she is rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile, Nickie, waiting for her at the observation deck at the top of the building, is unaware of the accident and, after many hours, finally concedes at midnight that she will not arrive, believing that she has rejected him.

After the accident Terry, now unable to walk, refuses to contact Nickie, wanting to conceal her disability. Instead, she finds work as a music teacher. Nickie has pursued his talent as a painter and has his work displayed by an old friend, an art shop owner. Six months after the accident, she sees Nickie with his former fiancee at the ballet, which she herself is attending with her former boyfriend. Nickie does not notice her condition because she is seated and only says hello as he passes her.

Nickie finally learns Terry's address and, on Christmas Eve, makes a surprise visit to her. Although he steers the conversation to make her explain her actions, Terry merely dodges the subject, never leaving the couch on which she sits. As he is leaving, Nickie mentions a painting that he had been working on when they originally met, and that it was just given away at the art shop to a woman who liked it but had no money. He is about to say that the woman was in a wheelchair when he pauses, suddenly suspecting why Terry has been sitting unmoving on the couch. He walks into her bedroom and sees his painting hanging on the wall, and a wheelchair concealed there. He now knows why she did not keep their appointment. The film ends with the two in a tight embrace, each realizing that the other's love endures. In closing, Terry says, "If you can paint, I can walk; anything can happen, don't you think?"

  The score of the title song is played memorably and beautifully by Yuko Ohigashi.

Those who feel the strongest love practice the art of love and love art. They simply see the artist as someone whose heart is pure.