Frida Kahlo
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Born in Mexico
around the time of the Mexican
Revolution in 1906, Frida would
grow up to be very politically
motivated.
Frida contracted polio as a
young girl, causing one of her
legs to be very thin. She often
wore long skirts to cover her
misshapen leg.
She grew healthier and returned
to school, but one day, - after
classes at high school - she was
in a terrible bus accident. A
pole from the bus went through
her body, crushing her pelvis
and damaging her legs. She had
to stay in a full body cast for
months.
During that time, she began to
paint…
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Every day for months, Frida lay
in bed, unable to move around
the house or go to school.
Her father got her paints and
encouraged her to try and
entertain herself.
She began by decorating her
body cast, a habit that stayed
with her any time she was
confined to bed throughout her
life.
Frida was a natural painter.
Having little else to paint, she
started to paint self-portraits.
Her self-portraits became her
specialty and they are now the
reason she is so well-known.
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Frida was in chronic pain after recovering from her accident. She underwent many
surgeries throughout her life to correct the damage done to her body.
She wore girdles made of metal because the doctors said they would help her pain, but
they only made things worse. In many of her self-portraits, Frida appears to be in pain.
She was trying to show how her accident always affected her.
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Frida’s life was difficult,
but she also found great
happiness in it.
She married Diego Rivera,
a famous Mexican
muralist, and was said to
be “madly in love” with
him.
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Many people thought
Frida and Diego were
a funny couple
because Frida was so
beautiful and Diego
was thought to be
funny-looking.
Frida loved Diego
because he was so
talented and
interested in many of
the same things in
which she was
interested.
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Frida and Diego fought a lot and eventually divorced, only to remarry one year later. They stayed together
until Frida died, but sometimes lived in separate houses (next door to each other) to keep from fighting so
much!
Here they are with their pet monkey.
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Frida always enjoyed the
natural beauty of Mexico.
She took pride in her
country and loved to be
surrounded by all kinds of
wildlife.
She had pet iguanas,
parrots, dogs, monkeys,
cats, and many others!
Look for those animals in
her paintings!
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Frida in paint…
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