Frida Kahlo
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BIOGRAPHY
- Name: Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón.
- Born: July 6, 1907 in her parents house known as La Casa Azul in Coyoacan. Died: July 13, 1954 in Mexico City , Mexico.
- Occupation: painter
- She had three sisters: Matilde, Adriana and Cristina.
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EDUCATION AND LOVE LIFE
- In 1922 she enrolled at the National Preparatory School.
- That same year, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera went to work on a project at the school called The Creation.
- Kahlo and Rivera reconnected in 1928 and got married a year later.
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HOW SHE STARTED
- Frida and her boyfriend Alex Gómez Arias where in an accident when the bus they were in crashed leaving her in a bad condition.
- It was while she was confined to bed that Frida began to paint. Frida had a mirror hung over her bed so she could use her reflection as a subject for portraits.
Photo by Tim Evanson
OTHER FACTS
- Frida had one leg thinner than the other which she covered by wearing long skirts.
- She gave her first self-portrait to her boyfriend Alex after the accident on September 17, 1925. Who she dated before Diego.
- Her beloved home The Blue House was opened as a museum in 1958.
Photo by jay galvin
ART WORK
THE TWO FRIDAS (1939)
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THE BROKEN COLUMN (1944)
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THE WOUNDED DEER (1946)
