FRIDA KAHLO

EARLY LIFE

• Born July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico
• Full name is Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón
• Bus accident when eighteen, no kids, no walking

EDUCATION

• Self-taught

FAMILY

• Diego Rivera
• Was her husband twice, 1929-1939 and 1940-1954
• Frida had affairs with both men and women during marriage
• Diego had an affair with her younger sister
• No children

ART

• Mostly self-portraits
• Surrealism and magic realism
• Inspired by native peoples
• Dramatic symbolism

SELF PORTRAIT WITH THORN NECKLACE

• 1940

TWO FRIDAS

• 1939

LITTLE DEER

• 1946

DEATH

• July 13, 1955
• Coyocán

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