Frida Kahlo was an important personality Mexico. Known not only for its quality as a painter, but also for his unusual career path and bumpy.
An extraordinary woman who faces many hardships
Frida Kahlo was born July 6, 1907 to a German father and an Indian mother. At age eight, she was diagnosed with polio, which deform his leg. In 1925, his bus hit a tram. It will be seriously injured. He will have serious consequences, and throughout her life she will suffer innumerable surgeries. Bedridden, she decides to hang a mirror above his bed and began to paint. His reflection serves as a model, hence the huge number of self-portraits, 150 in total. In 1928, she meets Diego Rivera, 20 years her senior, who became her husband. In fall 1938, she presented her works in her first solo exhibition at Julien Levy Gallery, where she meets a great success. The following year she went to Paris, to the great exhibition in Mexico at the "Galerie Pierre Colle," where she met other Mexican artists. That same year, she divorced her husband and moved with his father. But love for her husband being very strong, they remarried in 1940. Unfortunately with time, his health is deteriorating. In 1950, she underwent seven surgeries in a row. She died July 13, 1954, seven days after his forty-seventh birthday. She will forever be a prominent figure in Mexico.
The works of Frida Kahlo
Frida had as main themes of physical pain, psychological and fertility. In 1932, she painted the "flying bed", it symbolizes a male fetus disproportionate embryonic position, the child lost in miscarriage. She paints pictures that reflect his weariness with the States United in "Self-portrait on the border between Mexico and the United States" and "My dress is hanging there." Frida discovers her husband's bond with her sister Cristina. In 1935 she realized that two paintings, including "A few small bites," which evokes a crime of passion. In 1937 she painted a portrait "Under the curtain", to Leon Trotsky, the famous Russian revolutionary, who received political asylum in Mexico. He becomes her friend and confidant. She paints also tables for people who helped, especially Dr. Eloessern, in "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Dr. Eloessern", which she personally autographed. His painting, "Broken Column" in 1944, symbolizes the pain she feels at her spine. It is a broken column in several places on a sad monotonous landscape.
An extraordinary woman who faces many hardships
Frida Kahlo was born July 6, 1907 to a German father and an Indian mother. At age eight, she was diagnosed with polio, which deform his leg. In 1925, his bus hit a tram. It will be seriously injured. He will have serious consequences, and throughout her life she will suffer innumerable surgeries. Bedridden, she decides to hang a mirror above his bed and began to paint. His reflection serves as a model, hence the huge number of self-portraits, 150 in total. In 1928, she meets Diego Rivera, 20 years her senior, who became her husband. In fall 1938, she presented her works in her first solo exhibition at Julien Levy Gallery, where she meets a great success. The following year she went to Paris, to the great exhibition in Mexico at the "Galerie Pierre Colle," where she met other Mexican artists. That same year, she divorced her husband and moved with his father. But love for her husband being very strong, they remarried in 1940. Unfortunately with time, his health is deteriorating. In 1950, she underwent seven surgeries in a row. She died July 13, 1954, seven days after his forty-seventh birthday. She will forever be a prominent figure in Mexico. The works of Frida Kahlo
Frida had as main themes of physical pain, psychological and fertility. In 1932, she painted the "flying bed", it symbolizes a male fetus disproportionate embryonic position, the child lost in miscarriage. She paints pictures that reflect his weariness with the States United in "Self-portrait on the border between Mexico and the United States" and "My dress is hanging there." Frida discovers her husband's bond with her sister Cristina. In 1935 she realized that two paintings, including "A few small bites," which evokes a crime of passion. In 1937 she painted a portrait "Under the curtain", to Leon Trotsky, the famous Russian revolutionary, who received political asylum in Mexico. He becomes her friend and confidant. She paints also tables for people who helped, especially Dr. Eloessern, in "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Dr. Eloessern", which she personally autographed. His painting, "Broken Column" in 1944, symbolizes the pain she feels at her spine. It is a broken column in several places on a sad monotonous landscape. 
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