Robert Redford's greatest love in his personal life is generally considered to be his family and his two long-term marriages rather than a Hollywood romance, though he was famously private. Redford's first and most formative love was his first wife Lola Van Wagenen, whom he married in 1958 when he was a young struggling actor. They were married for 27 years until 1985, had four children together, and built his early career and the foundation of his life, and many biographers describe that relationship as his most significant despite its ending. After their divorce, Redford was with German artist Sibylle Szaggars for many years and married her in 2009, and she was his companion and love in his later years until his death, sharing his passion for art, environmental activism, and the Sundance Institute. In terms of public perception, fans often associate Redford's greatest on-screen love with Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were or Jane Fonda or Meryl Streep, but those were acting roles. Redford himself rarely spoke about his personal loves, preferring privacy, but interviews suggest his deepest loves were his children, particularly after the tragic loss of two sons, and his lifelong commitment to environmental causes and independent filmmaking through Sundance, which he founded in 1981.
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