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Frida Kahlo
Painting self-portraits about identity, pain and Mexican life.
The Two Fridas · Casa Azul
- Born
- 6 July 1907
- Birthplace
- Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
- Died
- 13 July 1954
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Frida Kahlo
A Mexican painter whose intimate images combine personal experience, bodily symbolism and the visual culture of Mexico.
Early life
Coyoacán home
Grew up around the family’s Casa Azul.
Interrupted plans
A serious bus accident at eighteen changed her intended path towards medicine.
Career
- 1925
Painting in recovery
Began painting more intensively after the accident.
- 1938
New York exhibition
Held a solo show at the Julien Levy Gallery.
- 1953
Mexican solo show
Exhibited at Lola Álvarez Bravo’s gallery in Mexico City.
Selected work
The Two Fridas
A double self-portrait connecting two versions of herself.
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
Combines her likeness with animals and symbolic objects.
The Broken Column
Uses a fractured column to represent bodily suffering.
Beyond work
Marriage
Married muralist Diego Rivera; they divorced and later remarried.
Politics
Participated in communist political life in Mexico.
Sources & photo credit
Biographical reference ↗Museo de Arte Moderno: The Two Fridas ↗Photo: Guillermo Kahlo. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
