Frida
Kahlo
Mexican
Painter
Name: Maria
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Cauldron
Born: July
6, 1907
In: The
Blue House, Coyoacan, Mexico.
Father:
Wilhelm Kahlo, a photographer
Her mother:
Matilde Calderon
At the age
of 6 Frida had poliomyelitis, as a
consequence, her right leg was always thinner that the left leg. Frida
enjoyed get dressed and to play as a boy.
She was rebel and mischievous.
September 17, 1925 , Frida Kahlo suffered a serious
accident while traveling on an autobus.
Her backbone was seriously injured, as well as several vertebrae, ribs,
pelvis, shoulders and her right leg. A
metallic rod crossed it sideways. This
accident had permanent consequences.
Frida had
to remain in bed, with an uncomfortable framework of gypsum around her body, not
being able to move. In order to avoid
the boredom, she began to paint, her father I adapt a sawhorse to her bed and
put a mirror in the ceiling, and Frida carried out her first
self-portraits. Frida was a self-taught
painter with an original and unique technique. Although Frida could walk again,
the pain and suffering of this accident accompanied her for the rest of her
life. This suffering reflects itself in
her work.
Frida
studied in the National prep School, where she met famous Mexican muralist
Diego Rivera, who was responsible for painting a mural at the auditorium. They
felt in love and got married in 1929,
but their relation was strange.
Both were authorized to have sexual relations with other people. Frida
was 24 years younger than Diego.
1930 Frida
and Diego travelled to the United States where Diego had been hired to paint
a mural. There Frida knew met the
Rockefeller family, Henry Ford and Mr. Goodyear.
1940 Frida
and Diego they were divorced, but they got married again after a yearIn the
course of her life Frida painted around 70 self-portraits and 200
pictures. Frida met
the communist leader Leon Trotsky, who lived for some time in the house of
Frida and Diego in Coyoacán. Frida and Trotsky
had a romance. Two years later, when
Trotsky was murdered, Frida and Diego were arrested and considered suspects,
but they were freed little later. Frida
travelled to France and met Pablo Picasso.
Her only
exhibition in Mexico took place in 1953. Frida arrived
in an ambulance, in a hospital bed, and
they placed it in the center of the gallery where she greeted the audience and
told jokes. Short
after, her right leg had to be amputated. July 13, 1954 , after various suicide attempts,
Frida died. No official autopsy was
done. Her last words in her diary read
"I hope my leaving is joyful and I hope never to come back".