Paper On Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was an Mexican artist, who was best known for her self portraits. She was born in Coyoacan, Mexico on July 6th 1907. Her father, Guillermo Kahlo, was originally from Hungary but moved to mexico when he met her mother, Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez. Kahlo had three sisters, Matilde, Adriana, Cristina. When kahlo was 15 she got in a bus accident that left her paralyzed and in bed, it was then when Kahlo really go into art, she even did a lot of her most famous pieces then. Khalo attended National Preparatory School, and was one of the few females there, and it is where she met Diego Rivera. In 1929, Kahlo married muralist Rivera, but got divorced ten years later due to numerous affairs. The couple got remarried only a year after
She was one of the first well known women artist of her generation. Kahlo had a unique looked to her, like her eyebrows and her bright outfits which made her an iconic figure of our times. Her looks definitely made her stand apart from everyone else. Woman, especially in kahlo's era, were inspired by her to be themselves and to care less about their outward appearance. Frida kahlo had a lot of influence on the art community. Before kahlo’s art there wasn't a lot of provocative artist pushing the boundaries of sexuality and feminism. Kahlo's art was clearly different from anything else. Her art opened up something new and different from surrealism or contemporary art. Frida Kahlo had a lot of health problems. When she was six years old she contracted polio and one leg was larger than the other, but she covered it with long skirts or dresses. At 15 she was in a survir bus accident, she broke 7 bones and had a pole go through her abdomen, she was bedridden for two years after, but never fully recovered. When kahlo was 46 she got her leg amputated, as a result of gangrene. She died from pulmonary embolism at the age of 47. Frida Kahlo was an inspiration for all. Art is changed forever because of Frida